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  • Title: Studies on the prevalence of renal disease and hypertension in relation to schistosomiasis. V. Radiological findings: plain X-ray abdomen and intravenous pyelogram.
    Author: Soyannwo MA, Lagundoye SB, Lucas AO.
    Journal: Niger Med J; 1978 Nov; 8(6):477-86. PubMed ID: 753050.
    Abstract:
    After studying two rural communities with varing endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis by total cross-sectional population survey, a stratified sample was obtained using defined criteria. Plain X-ray abdomen and intravenous pyelogram were carried out on the sample. Findings on plain X-ray of the abdomen, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicate that the two communities studied are similar but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion are significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis. Radiologic findings are reported from 2 communities, 1 with high and the other with low endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis, of Ibadan. After studying the 2 rural communities with varying endemicities of urinary schistosomiasis by total cross-sectional population survey, a stratified sample was obtained using defined criteria (all cases of proteinuria of 100 mg%; all cases of diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm or greater; all cases with significant bacteriuria; 20% of cases with history of nocturia; and age-selected trace and absent proteinuria for 20% of cases). Plain X-ray abdomen and intravenous pyelogram were carried out on this defined sample population. Findings on plain abdominal X-ray, using the usual parameters of psoas and kidney shadows in the Nigerian, indicated that the 2 communities studied were similar, but urinary calculi and urinary tract distortion were significantly more prominent in the community with the higher endemicity of urinary schistosomiasis. X-rays are not included in the text, instead tabular information on the morphology of renal areas is presented.
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