is it possible to have Atelectasis of the kidney?

Question

I posted a question earlier and got responses that it wasn't. Here is the direct medical transcript info from the MRA.

"The kidneys appeared normal with normal cortical thickness bilaterally. There were no abnormalities of the celiac, SMA, IMA, or common iliac arteries. There was evidence of bilateral dependent lower lobe atelectasis, more pronounced on the left."

I am just confused about the transcript. I will surely ask at her appt.

If anyone has any other info on this..thanks.

Answer 1

Almost certainly there was a "cut and paste" error. The sentence in question was intended to be part of a chest x-ray interpretation; the lungs have lobes, the mature kidneys don't. When lung tissue, normally like a sponge with air in the spaces of the sponge, becomes squeezed down so that air spaces are pinched shut, the denser compressed areas show up as patches on the chest x-ray; the pinched areas of a sponge are denser than unperturbed sponge so these atelectatic areas appear as characteristic denser streaks. After surgery patients are encouraged to blow hard into a tube. That transmits pressure down along the airways causing the little (atelactatic) air sacs to pop open. Normally occurring surfactant in the air sacs keeps the air sacs open just as soap keeps a bubble inflated.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

atelectasis is a medical term for "collapsed lung". definite the respiratory exercises fairly do artwork, as for different remedies, those count on the reason of the atelectasis to start with, that's why you will see a consultant. Do those respiratory exercises, you're able to save the lung from collapsing anymore than it already has and that they are going to do this for you. completed with consistency, those exercises may even re-inflate the lung, so do them.

Answer 4

That should relate to the lungs, not the kidneys.