RENAL CORTICAL ECH06ENICITY IN CHILDHOOD NEPHROTIC SYNDROME
Rania el-sayed abdel kareem el-sayed;
Abstract
The annual incidence of nephrotic syndrome is 2 to 7 cases per
100,000 (Chesney, 1999).
Nephrotic syndrome considered to be one of the commonest renal disease. (Alon, 1995).
There's a relationship between nephrotic syndrome and increased renal echogenicity, in large number of patients.
The specific treatment aimed at reversal of glomerular pathology or at least the prevention of progressive glomerular damage is oral prednisons: most of patients go into complete remission "steroid responsive". On the other hand there's a group of patients fail to develop complete remission after corticosteroid therapy "steroid resistant".
Our study here aimed at evaluating the renal size and the grade of renal . echogenicity by ultrasonography to compare the results with the results of renal biopsies, so sonographic changes considered as a prognostic factor to the response to steroids.
Our study included 50 patient "32 males, and 18 females" with active nephrotic syndrome.
The 50 patients received corticosteroids and the response was correlated with the sonographic findings and the clinical and laboratory findings.
100,000 (Chesney, 1999).
Nephrotic syndrome considered to be one of the commonest renal disease. (Alon, 1995).
There's a relationship between nephrotic syndrome and increased renal echogenicity, in large number of patients.
The specific treatment aimed at reversal of glomerular pathology or at least the prevention of progressive glomerular damage is oral prednisons: most of patients go into complete remission "steroid responsive". On the other hand there's a group of patients fail to develop complete remission after corticosteroid therapy "steroid resistant".
Our study here aimed at evaluating the renal size and the grade of renal . echogenicity by ultrasonography to compare the results with the results of renal biopsies, so sonographic changes considered as a prognostic factor to the response to steroids.
Our study included 50 patient "32 males, and 18 females" with active nephrotic syndrome.
The 50 patients received corticosteroids and the response was correlated with the sonographic findings and the clinical and laboratory findings.
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| Title | RENAL CORTICAL ECH06ENICITY IN CHILDHOOD NEPHROTIC SYNDROME | Other Titles | قشرة الكلى بالاشعة التليفزيونية فى مرضى الكلى | Authors | Rania el-sayed abdel kareem el-sayed | Issue Date | 2000 |
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