A Clinical Observation in Renal Angiography / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

There are many radiodiagnostic methods it renal diseases; intravenous pyelogram, retrograde pyelogram, antegrade pyelogram, nephrotomogram and renal angiogram. In recent years, ultrasonogram and computed axial tomogram were developed. They help for early detection and accurate diagnosis of renal disease Abdominal aortogram was described by dos Santos, a Portugese doctor in 1923. It was greatly advanced by Seldinger through his development of percutaneous method of transfemoral catheterization in 1956. Rentl arteriogram is a highly valuable diagnostic procedure. It appears clearly that selective angiography is a safe and excellent procedure for an early detection and accurate diagnosis of benign and maligtant disease In the past, selective renal angiography has been used mainly in diagnosis of surgical disease rather than those medical disease. But now, many information are available regarding the vascular disease, pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis and renal tuberculosis, particularly with regard to changes in the small renal arteries And it supplied various information for anatomic vascular feature of donor kidney in renal transplantation. The intent of this report is to emphasize usefulness of this procedure in the diagnosis of certain lesion of kidney which was not clearly defined by conventional methods. Radiologic findings associated with conditions and presenting symptoms or signs were analyzed in 97 cases of renal angiogram, during the period of May 1972 to August 1978.