AJR Join ARRS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Emamian, S. A.
Right arrow Articles by Ytte, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Emamian, S. A.
Right arrow Articles by Ytte, L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 160, 83-86, Copyright © 1993 by American Roentgen Ray Society

ARTICLES

Kidney dimensions at sonography: correlation with age, sex, and habitus in 665 adult volunteers

SA Emamian, MB Nielsen, JF Pedersen and L Ytte
Department of Radiology and Ultrasound, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to investigate the normal sonographic measurements of the kidney in adult volunteers. SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Length, width, and thickness of the kidney and its central echogenic area and the parenchymal thickness of the upper pole were measured in an age- and sex-stratified random sample of 665 volunteers 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years old. Measurements were made with the volunteers prone. Volumes of the kidney, the central echogenic area, and the renal parenchyma were calculated. Renal dimensions and renal and parenchymal volume were correlated with age, height, weight, body mass index, and total body area. In 94 subjects, renal length was measured with the volunteers supine also. RESULTS. Median renal lengths were 11.2 cm on the left side and 10.9 cm on the right side. Median renal volumes were 146 cm3 in the left kidney and 134 cm3 in the right kidney. Renal size decreased with age, almost entirely because of parenchymal reduction. Renal volume correlated best with total body area. Renal length correlated best with body height. Measurements of renal length obtained with the subjects supine were not significantly different from those obtained with the subjects prone. CONCLUSION. The most exact measurement of renal size is renal volume, which showed the strongest correlation with height, weight, and total body area. Clinically, measurement of renal length is most practical and can be done with the subject prone or supine.
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Nephrol Dial TransplantHome page
K.-Y. Kang, Y. J. Lee, S. C. Park, C. W. Yang, Y.-S. Kim, I. S. Moon, Y. B. Koh, B. K. Bang, and B. S. Choi
A comparative study of methods of estimating kidney length in kidney transplantation donors
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant., August 1, 2007; 22(8): 2322 - 2327.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Nephrol Dial TransplantHome page
L. Kerecuk, A. Sajoo, L. McGregor, J. Berg, M. R. Haq, N. J. Sebire, C. Bingham, E. L. Edghill, S. Ellard, J. Taylor, et al.
Autosomal dominant inheritance of non-syndromic renal hypoplasia and dysplasia: dramatic variation in clinical severity in a single kindred
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant., January 1, 2007; 22(1): 259 - 263.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 CJASNHome page
B. Cheong, R. Muthupillai, M. F. Rubin, and S. D. Flamm
Normal Values for Renal Length and Volume as Measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Clin. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., January 1, 2007; 2(1): 38 - 45.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 ImagingHome page
C C Geddes and G M Baxter
Renal impairment
Imaging, January 1, 2005; 17(1): 1 - 18.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Br. J. Radiol.Home page
E Widjaja, J W Oxtoby, T L Hale, P W Jones, P N Harden, and I W McCall
Ultrasound measured renal length versus low dose CT volume in predicting single kidney glomerular filtration rate
Br. J. Radiol., September 1, 2004; 77(921): 759 - 764.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
D. Zeitoun, G. Brancatelli, M. Colombat, M. P. Federle, D. Valla, T. Wu, C. Degott, and V. Vilgrain
Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis: CT Findings in 18 Adults
Radiology, April 1, 2004; 231(1): 109 - 116.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J Ultrasound MedHome page
E. G. Grant, L. L. Barr, J. Borgstede, G. A.W. Gooding, U. M. Hamper, B. S. Hertzberg, M. Horrow, R. A. Kane, F. Kremkau, J. W. Meilstrup, et al.
AIUM Standard for the Performance of an Ultrasound Examination of the Abdomen or Retroperitoneum
J. Ultrasound Med., October 1, 2002; 21(10): 1182 - 1187.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 J. Am. Soc. Nephrol.Home page
B. F. KING, J. E. REED, E. J. BERGSTRALH, P. F. SHEEDY II, and V. E. TORRES
Quantification and Longitudinal Trends of Kidney, Renal Cyst, and Renal Parenchyma Volumes in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., August 1, 2000; 11(8): 1505 - 1511.
[Abstract] [Full Text]

Home page
 RadiologyHome page
J. Bakker, M. Olree, R. Kaatee, E. E. de Lange, K. G. M. Moons, J. J. Beutler, and F. J. A. Beek
Renal Volume Measurements: Accuracy and Repeatability of US Compared with That of MR Imaging
Radiology, June 1, 1999; 211(3): 623 - 628.
[Abstract] [Full Text]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1993 by the American Roentgen Ray Society.