Synonyms

Echogenic kidney

Hyperechoic kidney

Hyperechoic renal cortex and medulla

May Be Caused by

 Common

Chronic glomerulonephritis

Chronic pyelonephritis

Chronic renal failure

 Uncommon

Acquired renal cystic disease

Acute focal bacterial nephritis

AIDS nephropathy

Amyloidosis

Bile nephrosis

Healing infarction

Hypercalciuria

Hypoaldosteronism

Infantile hypothyroidism

Leukemia

Medullary cystic kidney disease

Nephrotic syndrome

Oxalosis

Renal tubular dysgenesis

Renal tubular ectasia

Renal vein thrombosis

Sickle cell disease