ULTRASOUND-DETERMINED DIMENSIONS OF THE RENAL PARENCHYMA ULTRASOUND IN HEALTHY CHILDREN

Abstract

In 195 with no manifest urinary tract disease, of me one to seven years of age,the ultrasound was used to determine the renal parenchvma (thickness at the genderinter-gender levels); their correlation with age the kidney dimensions was examined.The dynamic ratio between the parenchyma dimensions and those of the kidney wasanalyzed. The real-time mechanical sector scanner (ALOKA SSD 500) was used with convex probes of 3,5 and 5 MHz in the supine position and in the counter-lateralbody decubitus. The parenchyma dimensions kept on increasing continuously duringthe analyzed period, most intensely in the second and fifth years of age. Theparenchyma enlargement was in a better con-elation with the kidney growth than withthe childrens age. Still, there is an evident slight enlargement of the parenchymadimensions than that of the kidney dimensions.

Keywords

• Kidney
• parenchyma
• children
• ultrasound