Bagnolesi P, Rondine P P, Perri G, Romagnoli C, Cilotti A
Istituto di Radiologia, Università, Pisa.
Radiol Med. 1988 Nov;76(5):434-7.
Seven patients suffering from renal amyloidosis (2 primitive and 5 secondary) underwent US examination. The results show a strict correlation between US findings and the pathologic changes produced by this condition. US proves to be especially useful in the early stages of the disease: its results, together with the clinical data, may in fact be highly suggestive of the correct diagnosis. On the contrary, in the late stages of renal amyloidosis, when pathologic changes lead to progressive nephrosclerosis, US findings appear aspecific, since they are undistinguishable from the patterns observed in other renal medical disorders.
7例肾淀粉样变性患者（2例原发性和5例继发性）接受了超声检查。结果显示超声检查结果与该疾病所产生的病理变化之间存在密切关联。超声在疾病早期被证明特别有用：其检查结果与临床数据相结合，实际上可能强烈提示正确的诊断。相反，在肾淀粉样变性的晚期，当病理变化导致进行性肾硬化时，超声检查结果显得不具特异性，因为它们与在其他肾脏疾病中观察到的模式无法区分。
