Renal Sonography

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Echoanatomy: Tissue Echopatterns

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 1-26

3. Examination Techniques

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 27-38

4. Hydronephrosis

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 39-57

5. Renal Cysts

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 59-81

6. Renal Tumors

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 83-102

7. Evaluation of Tumoral Spread: The Retroperitoneal Space

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 103-115

8. Infections and Inflammatory Processes

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 117-127

9. Hunchbacks, Dwarfs, and Giants

   • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

   Pages 129-142

10. Ultrasonic Differential Diagnosis and Diagnostic Policies: Synopsis

    • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

    Pages 143-146

11. Renal Trauma and Juxtarenal Collections, Traumatic and Nontraumatic

    • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

    Pages 147-155

12. Adrenals

    • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

    Pages 157-167

13. Lower Urinary Tract

    • Francis S. Weill, Edmond Bihr, Paul Rohmer, François Zeltner

    Pages 169-196

14. Back Matter

    Pages 197-210

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Renal sonography forms a basic part of routine diagnostic strategy. This textbook summarizes eighteen years of experience in diagnostic ultrasound. We want it to serve as a guide to both imagers and mere consumers of information. That is why we shall emphasize practical advice and diagnostic pitfalls; it is also why we shall often deal with the relations of sonography with other diagnostic procedures, which it may complement or replace, precede or follow, the purpose being to achieve efficiency at low cost. We shall limit our subject matter to the kidney itself and the neighboring retroperitoneal compartments, dealing only briefly with the lower urinary tract, which requires specialized procedures. We devoted considerable space to renal sonography in our book Clinical Atlas of Ultrasonic Radiography, published in 1973. Since then, nothing has changed and everything has changed. Nothing, because even then the differential diagnosis between a solid and a cystic mass, the etiologic diagnosis of a nonsecreting kidney, and the positive diagnosis of a traumatic juxtarenal hematoma were quite reliable, making possible drastic reductions in the indications for instrumental roentgenologic examinations. Everything, be­ cause improved resolution and grey scale imaging (already partially achieved in 1973, thanks to real time) have profoundly refined both anatomic and pathologic ultrasonic studies. And now high resolution real time imaging has revolutionized renal examination techniques, whereas Doppler is entering routine ultrasonic diagnosis.

• Nierenerkrankung
• Tumor
• Ultraschalldiagnostik
• bone
• diagnosis
• diagnostics
• kidney
• renal cell carcinoma
• renal failure
• sonography
• ultrasound
• Ultrasonography

• Radiologie A, Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Besançon, France

  Francis S. Weill, Paul Rohmer

• Clinique St. Vincent, Rennes, France

  Edmond Bihr

• Strasbourg, France

  François Zeltner

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