%0 Journal Article
%T Sonographic findings in renal parenchymal diseases at Sudanese
%A Awadia Gareeballah
%A Moawia Gameraddin
%A Hago Mustafa
%A Sultan Alshabi
%A Fath Elerahman Alagab
%A Jumaa Tamboul
%A Suliman Salih
%J Open Journal of Radiology
%P 243-249
%@ 2164-3032
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojrad.2015.54033
%X Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the sonographic findings in renal parenchymal diseases using gray-scale ultrasound in order to classify these diseases. The study design was a cross-sectional one. There were 204 patients who were suspected with renal diseases. They had been scanned with ultrasound to assess the kidneys. The echogenicity, renal cortex and paren-chyma, and cortico-medullary differentiation had been evaluated. Results: The study revealed that the echogenicity of renal parenchyma and cortex increased in all types of renal parenchymal diseases. The cortico-medullary differentiation was mainly disturbed in acute parenchymal disease (69.04%), loss in chronic end-stage parenchymal disease (85%); and there was significant difference (<em>p</em>-value = 0.0001). Conclusion: Ultrasound provided useful and accurate diagnosis of renal parenchymal diseases. In this study, renal parenchymal diseases had been classified into acute, chronic and end-stage renal parenchymal diseases.
%K Renal
%K Parenchymal
%K Diseases
%K Sonographic
%K Findings
%K Sudanese
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=62197