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What Could Cause A Dense Area On The Left Kidney?

I have been having severe back pain and all my blood work has come back normal, I had a high level of leukocytes in my urine but when the culture came back it was negative of any growth. However they found a dense area on my left kidney. what could be the cause of this?
Thu, 27 Feb 2014
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You need to provide complete imaging information to assess possibilities causing a dense area in the kidney. Dense areas can be many things from pooling of blood, infection, neoplasm to calcification. Please send in your query with complete details.
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What Could Cause A Dense Area On The Left Kidney?

Hi, Thanks for writing in. You need to provide complete imaging information to assess possibilities causing a dense area in the kidney. Dense areas can be many things from pooling of blood, infection, neoplasm to calcification. Please send in your query with complete details.