Quiz Page Answers August 2006   American Journal of Kidney Diseases  Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages e11-e12 (August 2006) DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.06.001 Copyright © 2006 Terms and Conditions

Figure 54A What do you observe on this ultrasound scan of the pelvis? The urinary bladder is distended, and its wall is echogenic with ring-down artifact, suggestive of mural gas. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2006 48, e11-e12DOI: (10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.06.001) Copyright © 2006 Terms and Conditions

Figure 54B What abnormality do you see on this abdominal film, and what is your diagnosis? The urinary bladder arising from the pelvis is surrounded by curvilinear gas lucency. The diagnosis is emphysematous urinary cystitis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2006 48, e11-e12DOI: (10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.06.001) Copyright © 2006 Terms and Conditions