title: [Value of the so-called "bi-valve" true frontal section ultrasonography of the kidney (author's transl)].
abstract: True frontal section of the kidney during ultrasonography provides an image which can be superimposed with that obtained by urography. Especially in cases where the pyelocaliceal cavities are dilated, true frontal section ultrasonography of the kidney demonstrates the continuity of the caliceal cavities and the pelvis, and in some cases even the initial lumbar part of the ureter. This supplies reference data for subsequent assessment of modifications in volume of the pyelocaliceal cavities.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Intérêt de la coupe échographique frontale vraie du rein, dite "bi-valve".