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The Sonographic Assessment of Kidneys in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease

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  • Mohamed A Eltahir

    (Department of Diagnostic Radiological Technology, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
    Faculty of Radiological Sciences, Sudan University, Sudan)

  • Moawia Gameraddin

    (Department of Diagnostic Radiological Technology, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia)

  • Elsafi A Abdallah

    (Faculty of Radiological Sciences, Sudan University, Sudan)

  • Mahmoud S Babiker

    (Department of Diagnostic Radiological Technology, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia)

  • Mohamed Elhaj

    (Faculty of Alghad, Almadinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

  • Suliman Salih

    (Department of Diagnostic Radiological Technology, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
    National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Sudan)

  • Mohamed E M Gar-elnabi

    (Department of Diagnostic Radiological Technology, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

Sickle cell disease is a hereditary disorder of hemoglobin affecting several abdominal organs and still remaining a health problem. The objective of this study is to assess the renal echogenicity and volume and ascertain the correlation with the duration of disease. Materials and methods: in a cross sectional study, 77 patients with sickle cell disease in West of Sudan were studied by ultrasound from the period of February to November 2016. The patients were scanned with 3.5 MHz probe; renal length, volume and echogenicity were assessed.

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  • Mohamed A Eltahir & Moawia Gameraddin & Elsafi A Abdallah & Mahmoud S Babiker & Mohamed Elhaj & Suliman Salih & Mohamed E M Gar-elnabi, 2017. "The Sonographic Assessment of Kidneys in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease," Current Trends in Clinical & Medical Imaging, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(1), pages 7-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jctcmi:v:1:y:2017:i:1:p:7-10
    DOI: 10.19080/CTCMI.2017.01.555553
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