kidney disease?I went for X'ray but I dont understand, my Dr. did'nt explain. Pls help, I need to know 1) what does this mean, 2) what causes it and 3) what is the cure and how to improve my health. My X'ray report;
"NOTE A SMALL ECHOGENIC FOCUS RELATED TO LOWER POLE OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY. THIS COULD REPRESENT A SMALL ANGIOMYOLIPOMA".
Appreciate if somebody can explain to me in simple term. I thank you
Posted by Orinoco_W
Sounds like an ultrasound rather than an X-ray
A "small echogenic focus" means that there is a spot in the kidney that echos back sound - it's not made of the same stuff that kidney is made of.
related "to the lower pole of the right kidney" means where it is - if you imagine the kidney shaped like a kidney bean (gee - I wonder why - it was named after the bean!) and standing upright so the convexity points out to your right and the concavity points to the left and the kidney (bean) is aligned with the long axis of the body (see the wiki page) the lower pole is the bottom bulge. The small echogenic focus is somewhere around there.
This "could represent a small angiomyolipoma" - sounds dreadful but actually means a BENIGN (ie. not a nasty cancer) growth of blood vessels (angio) muscle (myo) and fatty tissue (lipoma).
It's a benign lump near the bottom of your right kidney that might be an abnormal (but doesn't look cancerous) growth of bloodvessel/muscle/fat - oooh look - they even have a wiki page
How's that?
Posted by Mr. Potato Head
You need to talk to the doctor about it.
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