Saturday, August 4, 2012

The diagnostic significance of the X-ray examination of kidney disease


X-ray examination nephropathy: KUB examination, excretory urography, retrograde pyelography, skin puncture, pyelography, renal angiography and other doctors to check the patient's condition. Now briefly introduce the commonly used X-ray examination of the first two methods.


(1) KUB examination is without any contrast agent contrast abdominal x-ray, which includes the kidneys, ureter, bladder, and part of the urethra. KUB, the diagnosis of renal and urinary tract diseases can not be omitted steps used to observe the location of the kidneys, contour, size and shape; observation of the urinary tract with or without stones, calcification shadows; around the renal or without abscess.


(2) excretory urography, also known as intravenous urography (IVU) or intravenous urography (IVP), is the most commonly used imaging methods in the diagnosis of kidney disease. Non-toxic organic iodine contrast agent (such as diatrizoate injection) by intravenous injection of the human body, and excreted by the kidneys to the calyx, renal pelvis, ureter and bladder, and on proper time, the X-ray urinary tract imaging. Clinical suspicion of renal tuberculosis, chronic pyelonephritis, renal tumors suitable for this check. Who are allergic to iodine, severe renal impairment, renal insufficiency, etc., generally are not suitable for this examination.

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