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More Research Needed into Kidney Abnormalities
While most of these conditions are not harmful enough to prevent someone from donating a kidney, future studies are needed to determine their impact on long-term health.
When patients undergo computerized tomography (CT) imaging scans for medical reasons, physicians sometimes uncover unexpected abnormal findings in the kidneys or in the arteries that supply blood to the kidneys. To determine how commonly these abnormalities occur in healthy adults who have no clinical illness to justify a CT scan, Elizabeth Lorenz, MD, and Andrew Rule, MD (Mayo Clinic) examined nearly 2000 adults who came in to the Mayo Clinic to see if they could donate a kidney to a patient with kidney failure. These adults all underwent CT scans with detailed imaging of the kidneys and renal arteries.
The investigators found that abnormalities in the kidneys and renal arteries were quite common, occurring in at least 1 in 4 adults. Kidney stones were the most common abnormality and were present in 1 in 10 adults. Some abnormalities such as narrowing of the renal arteries, scars in the kidney, and masses in the kidney (several of which were early cancers) were found more often in patients over 50 years of age. Other abnormalities were more common in women than men.
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