Role of intravenous urography in clinical assessment of polycystic kidney disease.
This study is a retrospective review of 30 patients with polycystic kidney disease analyzing the quantitative measurements of renomegaly reported in the literature and the correlation of radiographic findings with the clinical complications of uremia, hypertension, infection, and the need for dialysis. The only significant correlation noted was between renal size and the presence of infection. There was no significant correlation between renomegaly and the presence or development of hypertension, uremia, and the need for chronic dialysis.
D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000150:complications; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014567:Urography