A 59-year-old woman visited our clinic with complaints of right back dull pain. Excretory urography showed bilateral renal ptosis (a 6 cm decrease in position of the right kidney and a 5 cm decrease of the left kidney). She was treated with 7.5 g/day of Hochu-ekki-to. After 6 months, her symptoms improved and after 8 months excretory urography showed a 3 cm decrease in the position of both kidn...

Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* CT abdomen and pelvis without and with IV contrast 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ ☢ X-ray abdomen 2 ☢ ☢ CT abdomen and pelvis without IV contrast 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ ☢ CT abdomen and pelvis with IV contrast 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ ☢ X-ray IV contrast enema 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ X-ray cystography 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ MRI pelvis without and with IV contrast 2 MRI may be indicated if urethral diverticulum is suspected. O MRI pelvis ...

Emergency intravenous urography is considered an essential examination in the evaluation of any patient suspected of having suffered renal trauma (Editorial, 1979). This practice is derived from clinical experience in adults. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the need for emergency urography in children, particularly those suffering from only minor renal trauma. It is based on a retrospe...

Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* CT abdomen and pelvis without and with contrast 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ ☢ X-ray abdomen 2 ☢ ☢ CT abdomen and pelvis without contrast 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ ☢ CT abdomen and pelvis with contrast 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ ☢ X-ray contrast enema 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ X-ray cystography 2 ☢ ☢ ☢ MRI pelvis without and with contrast 2 MRI may be indicated if urethral diverticulum is suspected. O MRI pelvis without contras...