Study of Right Loin Pain by Using Ultrasonography

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the cause of the Rt loin pain using ultrasound in order to relate the pain to the sign and symptoms according to ultrasound finding. The data of this study collected from 50 patients refer to ultrasound department in Military Hospital in Omdurman as having Rt loin pain in the period from Jan 2014 to May 2015. The patient scanned by General electric logia 5 ultrasound machine equipped with TA convex probe 3.5MHz. The result of this study showed that the main known cause of Rt loin pain was gall balder where wall thickness exceeds 5 mm in 14% of the patient some of them associated with gall stone. While 10% of the patient had hydronephrosis, 12% had hyperechoic kidney appearance and 8% with renal stone, only one patient were diagnosed as having appendicitis. In conclusion Rt loin patient mostly showed significant difference in the signs and symptoms groups in respect to gall bladder thickness while liver size, kidney length showed inconclusive results.