Swollen Kidney X Ray. The doctor may use ultrasound x rays computed tomography ct or magnetic resonance imaging mri to see if your kidney is swollen and where the obstruction is occurring. This will include a visual and manual exam to detect signs of kidney swelling or tenderness.
Kidney swelling happens when urine can t drain from a kidney and builds up in the kidney as a result. Often the enlargement is temporary and does not cause permanent organ damage such as with a kidney infection or urinary stone. The doctor may use ultrasound x rays computed tomography ct or magnetic resonance imaging mri to see if your kidney is swollen and where the obstruction is occurring.
Months after their episode of trauma they still have pain and swelling and have been unable to get back to their sporting activity.
Diagnosis could also involve a cystoscopy which uses a long tube with a light and camera at the end cytoscope that allows the doctor to look inside the bladder and urethra. Months after their episode of trauma they still have pain and swelling and have been unable to get back to their sporting activity. Basic information regarding the size shape and position of the kidneys ureters and bladder may be obtained with a kub x ray. Because kidney enlargement often causes no symptoms it is often discovered incidentally on an imaging study such as an an abdominal ultrasound x ray or ct scan.