Volume 27, Issue 132, February 2023

Study of renal disease using computed tomography in Taif, Saudi Arabia

Samih Kajoak¹, Wisal Bushra¹, Hanan Elnour¹, Mona Alhaj¹, Joharah Althomali¹, Nouf Alharthy¹, Shomokh Althobiti¹, Ahmad Alotaibi¹, Alamin Musa²

¹Department of Radiological Sciences, College of Applied Medical Science, Taif University, KSA, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
²King Khalid University, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Diagnostic Radiology Sciences, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Radiological Sciences, College of Applied Medical Science, Taif University, KSA, Taif 21944 Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Wide variable modalities and imaging techniques are used in the diagnosis of several urinary tract diseases. The availability, ease of acquisition, and diagnostic capability of CT are such that it remains the modality of choice when it comes to evaluate urinary tract diseases. Aims: To study renal disease using computed tomography at Taif, Saudi Arabia, and to determine the relationship between the CT finding and the patient's gender, age, and clinical finding. Methods: This is a retrospective study that was conducted at King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital in Taif from January 2022 to April 2022. Targeting patients who are presenting with flank pain, hematuria, polyuria, oliguria, and fever who were evaluated by MDCT scan. Statistics are analyzed using the statistical package for social science (SPSS). Results: A total of 50 participants were included in the current study, 25 (50%) of them were males, and most of them (22%) were within the age group of (29-38) years old. CT scan revealed stones in 21 (42%) of the participants, and cysts in 8 (16%). The most reported site of the pathology was found to be the left side as it dominates in about 15 (40.5%) of participants. Conclusion: The most abnormal findings reported on the CT scan were renal stones and renal cysts. The most common presenting symptom of renal stones was found to be flank pain and the most reported site of the pathology was in the kidney. The left side was to be found the most reported site of the pathology. Age was found to be significantly associated with pathology found in CT with stones. Males are more affected by stones than females. Researchers recommended that CT scan is better for renal pathology.

Keywords: Renal diseases, Computed tomography, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e94ms2823

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i132/e94ms2823

Published: 17 February 2023