Abstract:This interpretation corner case in a 22-year-old diabetic with a painful foot and right flank pain highlights the value of investigating incidental urinary tract findings on skeletal scintigram further. The skeletal scintigram revealed increased up in the left 3rd TMT joint and a distended right sided renal collecting system. The subsequent ultrasound revealed multiple fungal balls in this distended system. Urine culture grew C. tropicalis a rarer but recognised cause of fungal ball infection in diabetics this… Show more
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