Dilated renal collecting systems: differentiating obstructive from nonobstructive dilation using duplex Doppler ultrasound.
Two patients with ileal loop urinary diversions, studied with real-time and Doppler sonography ("duplex sonography") of the kidneys, were shown to have dilated intrarenal collecting systems. Resistive index measurements calculated from the Doppler signal correctly identified obstructive dilatation in 1 case and nonobstructive dilatation in the other.
Bude
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
Platt
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Rubin
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D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007685:Kidney Tubules, Collecting / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014547:Urinary Diversion