Evaluation of Renal Morphology and Echogenicity for patients with Renal stone using Ultra Sound

Abstract

Fifty patients with renal stone were enrolled in this study at Omdwaenban an Omdurman Pediatric emergency Hospital in Khartoum state. Sudan . in the period between December 2011 – may 2012 to evaluation of renal morphology and echogenecity for patients with renal stone using ultra sound with exclude diabetic and hypertensive patients. All patients evaluated with U/S following international scanning gilded lines and protocols using Philips and fokoda machjing and transducer 3.5 MH the U/S finding record in the data collection sheet and then the date were solved by computer analysis ( spss) and we found that the most common age group range between 20- 40 years old , and the most group affected with renal stone is employees Then worker, student and the last group is house wife . Also found that the male were affected more than female with rasio 2:1 . with most common symptoms was flank pain followed by renal colic , and the least one is fever. The study showed (72%) of the patient with normal renal size 22 % of the patient with normal renal size 22 % were increase the renal size ( 6 %) were decrease the renal size , and (64%) were normal echoginicity ,(24%) were hypoechoic and (12%) were hyperechoic, (56i%i) were calculi while (44%) were caculi with hydronephrosis.