The prevalence of renal pathologies in patients with abdominal pain

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To establish the prevalence of renal pathologies seen at the ultrasound examination and the most common ultrasonographic findings in patients with abdominal pain. METHODOLOGY: 934 ultrasound examinations were reviewed from patients with abdominal pain as a major complaint performed between July 2010 and July 2013. RESULTS: The most common findings were renal atrophy, renal cysts, cysts with gallstones, hydronephrosis, hydronephrosis with lithiasis and lithiasis. Around sixty percent of the exams were done in women and 39, 8 % in men. Abdominal pain due to renal pathologies were seen in 335 exams and 599 had abdominal pain related to other causes. Considering the age, its vary from one to 84 years old. Lithiasis was the most prevalent finding in the renal pathologies cases with a size range of 04 to 9 mm, followed by hydronephrosis with lightweight rankings in 90 cases. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of renal pathologies in patients with abdominal pain was 35, 9%. The most common ultrasound findings were renal lithiasis (46, 9%), followed by hydronephrosis (26, 86%) and moderate hydronephrosis and renal cysts (14, 62%).