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What Does Dilatation Of Pelvicalyceal System On Sonogram Suggest?

both kidneys exhibit normal size and corticomedullary echopattern.the right measures 10.2x4.2 cm with cortical thickness of 1.8 cm. The left t measures 11.0x5.2cm with cortical thickness of 2.4 cm. The right pelvocalyceal system is dilated. No masses or calculi notd bilaterally. impression pelvocaliectasia, right normal sonogram of the left kidney and urinary bladder.
Wed, 26 Aug 2015
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Hi,
This finding on sonology suggests enlargement of urine collecting system of right kidney.
The commonest cause of which is obstruction.
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What Does Dilatation Of Pelvicalyceal System On Sonogram Suggest?

Hi, This finding on sonology suggests enlargement of urine collecting system of right kidney. The commonest cause of which is obstruction.