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What do doctors look for when performing a renal ultrasound?
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Ultrasounds: They are looking at the anatomy and for any sign of something that should not be there such as a growth, a tumor, or a cyst.
Answered 12/26/2013
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Renal ultrasound: Sonographic imaging of the kidney can reveal a number of conditions. It screens for congenital abnormalities of the kidney as well as obstruction, tumors, cysts and larger kidney. Abnormalities found with renal ultrasound offer require more sophisticated forms of imaging to clarify.
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Size, shape,: Number, location of the kidney. The presence of cystic or solid masses, stones, enlargement of renal pelvis and proximal ureter, associated structures such as renal arteries, adrenal glands and lymph nodes, and anything else they can see on the scan related, or not related to the kidneys.
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Very good morning doctors. Could a renal kidney mesenteric ultrasound rule in or rule out possible renal kidney multiple myeloma or possible renal kidney amloydisis? Could a renal regular renal ultrasound (that is not mesenteric) reveal any of these?
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