XXXX : urographic features and significance of drooping kidney appearance.

@entity1 @entity14454 @entity2040
The purpose of the study was to analyse the urographic features of @entity2040 and to see the theurapeutic implications of "drooping kidney" appearance for the urologists. Over a period of one year, 1636 @entity1 undergoing intravenous urography (IVU) were analysed to look for urographic features of @entity2040 . A total of 136 @entity1 revealed the classical urographic feature such as ureteric strictures, vesical and ureteric calcification and calculi etc. 131 of these @entity1 were of Egyptian origin. In addition to above mentioned classical features, 8 @entity1 (6%) with @entity14454 revealed "drooping kidney" appearance. In the remaining @entity1 with no evidence of clinical or urographic features of @entity14454 , only one @entity1 (0.07%) showed similar bilateral appearance. Renogram in 6 to 8 @entity1 with "drooping kidney" revealed poorer renal function on the affected side. Ureteroscopy (URS) revealed more florid ureteritis cystica on the side with "drooping kidney" in 6 out of 8 @entity1 compared with the normal side. URS also confirmed the presence of a kink and more difficulty with insertion of J stents. "Drooping kidney" a new urographic feature of @entity14454 may have theurapeutic implications for the urologists and should be looked for on the I.V.U. of @entity1 with @entity14454 .
