title: A case of renal ptosis treated with hochu-ekki-to with improvement confirmed by excretory urography.
abstract: A 59-year-old woman visited our clinic with complaints of right back dull pain. Excretory urography showed bilateral renal ptosis (a 6 cm decrease in position of the right kidney and a 5 cm decrease of the left kidney). She was treated with 7.5 g/day of Hochu-ekki-to. After 6 months, her symptoms improved and after 8 months excretory urography showed a 3 cm decrease in the position of both kidneys. Hochu-ekki-to might be useful for the conservative therapy of renal ptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Showa University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuji
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014554:Urination; D014567:Urography
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C402943:bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang