Ms. M, aged 64 years, was referred to our clinic with an enlarging right renal tumor. The tumor was incidentally detected on ultrasound, which her primary-care provider (PCP) ordered in response ...

In primary care, abdominal ultrasound is the most common way the kidneys are imaged and this is the focus of this article. ... The commonest of these is autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.

The incidence of renal cell carcinoma among the included patients with Fabry disease was 15 times higher than in the general population.

Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic condition that causes fluid filled cysts to grow on the kidneys. ... attached to the inside of the abdominal wall. ... both of which an ultrasound can reveal.

Ultrasound of the abdominal organs is a central diagnostic tool and is recommended as the first-line approach for many medical conditions. Compared with other imaging modalities such as computed ...

Blood in urine, even if it appears just once, could be an early sign of kidney, bladder, or prostate cancer, warns a ...

Severe adverse events — including abdominal aortic aneurysm with rupture, pneumonia with sepsis, appendicitis with rupture, inflammatory bowel conditions and renal infarction, pyelonephritis ...

A routine ultrasound led to a rare diagnosis and a kidney transplant for Lisa. ... I was admitted for anemia and end-stage renal disease, ... My abdominal catheter was inserted on April 29, ...

One of the main differences between the two is how the pain feels and where it’s located. Gallstone pain usually appears in ...

A recent report described the surprising finding of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and renal cell carcinoma in a patient with secondary polycythemia and normal erythropoietin (EPO) levels.