Relationship between sonographic renal length and renal parenchymal thickness in normal adult southeast Nigerians
West Afr. j. med
; 25(3): 231-234, 2006.
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| ID: biblio-1273436
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
To determine the relationship between sonographic renal parenchymal thickness (RPT) and renal length (RL) in normal adult Nigerian. Studydesign:
The RL and RPT of 309 normal subjects within the age range of 18 - 80years were measured sonographically and prospectively. Correlation was performed between RL values and RPT using Pearson Linear `r' testResults:
The range of RL value were 8.5-12.9cm and the corresponding mean were 10.33+ 0.7cm and 10.45+ 0.63cm for the right and left kidneys respectively. The range of values for the RPT was 1.40 - 2.4 and the corresponding mean values were 1.91+ 0.20cm and 1.95+ 0.19cm for the right and left kidneys respectively. There was a strong positive correlation between RPT and RL (r = 0.72 and 0.77 for the right and left kidney respectively. However for RL values above 11.0cm the RPT values fluctuated.Conclusion:
From this study; for RL above 11.0cm there was no relationship with RPT. The study suggests that for our population groups; kidneys with RL lower than 8.5cm and RPT of 1.40cm or less should not be biopsied in contrast to webb's criteria
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Database:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Ultrasonography
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
West Afr. j. med
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article