BACKGROUND Many conditions affect renal size. To evaluate abnormalities in renal size, knowledge of standardised values for normal renal dimensions is essential as it shows variability in the values of normal renal size depending on body size, age and ethnicity. Ultrasound, being an easily available, noninvasive, safe and less expensive modality, is widely used for evaluation of renal dimension...

Background and objectives: Urolithiasis is a common urological disorder. Based on the Persian medicine literatures, Cicer arietinum has a potential to dissolve renal stones. This study was designed to assess the efficacy and safety of Cicer arietinum in patients with renal stone. Methods: The extract of C. arietinum seeds was sp...

OBJECTIVE In order to establish some preliminary data of our population, we determined the ultrasonographic kidney dimensions in individuals without known renal disease. We assessed whether age, sex, side, body mass index (BMI) and presence or absence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension affect the renal size. METHODS Ultrasonographic kidney measurements were performed on 194 adult patients ...

Introduction: Correct interpretation of kidney images requires the knowledge of its normal size. This study aimed to establish normal values for kidney length and parenchymal thickness and identify the potential related factors in a group of Iranian adults. Methods: Renal dimensions, including length and parenchymal thickness were measured by sonography in 103 individuals with n...

Renal size is an important parameter in the assessment of a child with renal disease. The kidney continues to grow in size after birth and reaches the near adult size of 10 cm by 12 years of age [1]. Decrease or increase in kidney size is an important sign of renal disease. Thus while evaluating a child presenting for the first time with a sudden deterioration of renal functions; it is the kidn...

primary sarcomas of the kidney are exceptional. among renal sarcomas, leiomyosarcoma is the most common histologic subtype amounting to 50-60% of all cases. the tumor usually arises from either the renal capsule or smooth muscle tissue in the renal pelvic wall. in this paper, we report a patient with leiomyosarcoma of the kidney presented with non-specific abdominal pain and a palpable mass. hi...