title: Ascites as a cause of hyperechogenic kidneys.
abstract: In 40 patients with ascites, hyperechogenicity of the kidneys was directly proportional to the amount of fluid interposed between the clinically normal kidney and the transducer. The beam-enhancing phenomenon of ascites on renal parenchymal echogenicity should be distinguished from renal disease causing the increase in parenchymal echoes.
mesh_terms: D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis; D014463:Ultrasonography