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Renal Ultrasound Shows Echogenic Kidneys With Cortical Thinning, Intrinsic Renal Disease. Serious Condition?
my 82 year old father recently had a renal ultrasound showing small echogenic kidneys w/cortical thinning suggesting intrinsic renal disease is this serious? should he see a specialist now or should his pcp first do a urinalysis and see what those results show? BUN is 26(was 34 one month ago) and creatinine is 1.77(was 1.90 last month)
Tue, 24 Jul 2012
He is suffering from chronic renal failure. He should be evaluated by a nephrologist who would optimise his treatment. This is an early stage of the disease so you need not worry but is has to be taken proper care of to prevent a rapid progression
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