Renal papillary necrosis in Kuwait
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Al Sabah Hospital, Kuwait.
01 October 1992
Abstract
In 2,158 consecutive routine urograms, 85 patients (51 males and 34 females) were found to have typical changes of renal papillary necrosis, an incidence of 3.9% (2.8% in males, 9.4% in females). The changes were bilateral in 60 patients (71.6%) and unilateral in 25 (29.4%). 3 patients were diabetics, 4 had sickle cell anaemia and 7 had obstructive uropathy. 19 patients admitted to analgesic abuse. The remaining 52 patients were idiopathic but a combination of analgesic abuse and dehydration may have been the cause in this group. The possible reasons for the high incidence of RPN especially in females in this hot desert environment are discussed. The literature on the subject is briefly reviewed.
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