The value of the posterior oblique longitudinal scan in renal ultrasonography.
A new way of scanning the kidney by ultrasonography is the posterior oblique longitudinal scan. This provides new information about renal anatomy, especially the renal aspect of the parenchyma and the hilus in its vertical axis. It supplies useful diagnostic information particularly in pseudotumours, hydronephrosis, and lipomatosis.
D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000175:diagnosis; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008722:Methods; D014463:Ultrasonography