Ultrasonographic Characteristics of Diabetes Impacts in Kidneys’ Morphology

Mohammed A. Ali Omer^1,2, Ayman H. Eljack¹, Mohamed E. M. Gar-alnabi¹, Mustafa Z. Mahmoud³, Muatasim Elseid¹, Ghada A. Edam¹

¹College of Medical Radiologic Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
²College of Applied Medical Science, Department of Radiology, Qassim University, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia.
³Radiology and Medical Imaging Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Salman bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.

DOI: 10.4236/ojrad.2014.44039                

Abstract

A total sample size consisting of 150 Diabetic male patients has been investigated by ultrasound system General Electric using gray-scale B-mode imaging with curvilinear transducer 3 MHz to assess the impact of diabetes in kidney morphology and it is distributed in Sudan. The collected data were the patient age, height, weight, kidneys size, ultrasound findings of involved kidneys, and duration of diabetes and residence region. The analyzed data show that the diabetes has been as endemic disease in central Sudan (Khartoum & Jazeera) representing 55% and in the west of Sudan representing 38%. The BMI of diabetic patients has been significantly (R² = 0.6) decreasing following aging. The kidney size increases significantly as R² = 0.75 and 0.6 for left and right kidney respectively. Their correlation is fitted in the following equations: y = 3.95x + 27.26 and y = 2.41x + 35.12 for the left and right kidney respectively. The impact of duration was a reduction in size significantly as R² = 0.61 and 0.55 with a correlation fitted in the following equations: y = –2.22x + 139.9 and y = –1.51x + 96.59 for the left and right kidney respectively. The mean kidney length was (14.5 cm) and the renal cortex in the range of 2 - 2.3 cm, the kidneys size were so enlarged as 92.4 ± 11.7 and 121 ± 17.1 for the right and left kidney respectively while in late case of Diabetes, the kidney is more echogenic, atrophied size with loss of corticomedullary differentiation.

Keywords

Ultrasound, Kidneys, Morphology, Diabetes, Impacts

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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