MDCT Findings of renal trauma.
OBJECTIVE
The purposes of this pictorial essay are to show MDCT findings of renal trauma and describe the indications and protocol for MDCT.


CONCLUSIONS
CT is indicated when patients have gross hematuria, hypotension, lumbar spinal injury, and fractures of lower ribs or the transverse process. The CT examination must be designed specifically for urinary tract evaluation, and MDCT is especially useful for this purpose. Injury to the kidney is graded I to V according to degree of laceration and amount of hematoma.
Park
Soo Jin
SJ
Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine [corrected] 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea.
Kim
Jeong Kon
JK
Kim
Kyoung Won
KW
Cho
Kyoung-Sik
KS
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods