[Results of the use of ultrasonic diagnosis in kidney diseases].

The results are reported from application of ultrasound diagnostics (echography) of 400 patients with renal diseases. The diagnoses were confirmed by venous urography, isotope nephrography, scintigraphy and punch renal biopsy. One hundred eighty seven of the patients are with pyelonephritis with and without concretions and hydronephrosis, 50--with diffuse diseases, 34--with congenital diseases, 22--with focal alterations, 10--with diseases of the bladder and prostate, other diseases--88 patients. Out of all etiological entities--19 silent kidneys were diagnoses. Hydronephrosis proved to be the most frequent cause of the silent kidney. The results obtained stress upon the significance of echography as a diagnostic method.