title: MDCT Findings of renal trauma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine [corrected] 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea.
authors.forename: Soo Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jeong Kon
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoung Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kyoung-Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: 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