Assessment of renal stone by using multidetecter computed tomography

Abstract

The main objectives of this study were to determine the type, size and CT number of common urinary tract stones by CT KUB. The study was performed on fifty patients, 36 male and 14 female, with different ages and symptoms, and this study was done in Khartoum scan, Ibn alhaytham and Almodarris specialist centers from July to November 2011. All of patients underwent CT KUB studies. The CT images of these patients were interpreted by radiologist. The main finding of study are found that, 72% of urinary tract stones are found in male, while 28% in female patient, and most of stones are present in the kidneys in both male and female (56%), follows by lower ureter stone (24%), then upper uretric stones (16%), and urinary bladder stones (4%). the main type of stones are whewellite (calcium oxalate monohydrate) (36%). From this study can conclude that, male have more potential to get urinary tract stones than female, also most of the stones are small in size, and CT KUB used as tool to determine the types of stone.