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Abstract
The kidneys arc paired, retroperitoneal, solid organs. They
act as the organs of urinary excretion and play a central role in fluid
and electrolyte balance. They are mobile and their positions change
with respiration. They are supplied by the renal arteries that leave
the aorta at right angle at the level of L2. Many neoplastic conditions
affect the kidneys and result in change in their sizes and have mass
effects or disrupt the normal renal outlines. These conditions
include:
(1) Benign masses: angiomyolipoma, adenoma, oncocytoma,
reninoma, haemangioma, fihroma, lipoma, and myoma.
(2) Malignant masses: renal cell carcinoma, Wilm’s tumor,
transitional cell carcinoma, metastasis lymphoma, and sarcoma.
Out of 30 patients included in this study, they were 19 males
and 11 females, with mean age 64 years (range of 12 - 80 years).
Prior to performing C’T examination, all patients were subjected to
the following:
1- Clinical examination (including the complaint of abdominal
swellings, hematuria, dysuria, pyuria, weight loss or fever)
and through physical examination (general and local
examinations).
2- Laboratory investigation including urine analysis (for blood
cells and pus) and serum analysis (for kidney functions: urea
and creatinine), as well as other related investigations as
serum sugar in diabetic patients.
3- Preliminary rmaging investigation (Ultrasonography,
intravenous urography or both moda1ities)