Appearance Of Kidney Stones On Ultrasound. Ureteric calculi and bladder stones for further discussion of these. In adults the normal kidney is 10 14 cm long in males and 9 13 cm long in females 3 5 cm wide 3 cm in antero posterior thickness and weighs 150 260 g.
Due to the right lobe of the liver the right kidney usually lies slightly lower than the left kidney. Ultrasound can be efficient in visualizing clear uric acid stones and obstructions caused by any type of kidney stones. C renal doppler image showing the profuse vascular nature of the kidney.
Aand b coronal sections of the kidney.
Sensitive in detecting smaller stones and less dense stones than an abdomen xray so stones that cannot be seen on xray or even ultrasound may be seen on ct. The renal sinus is hyperechoic and is composed of calyces the renal pelvis fat and the major intrarenal vessels. Singh on appearance of kidney stones. Therefore search for it and sytematically go through the whole organ.