Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1990 Sep;155(3):541-4.
doi: 10.2214/ajr.155.3.2117353.

The thickness of the renal parenchyma decreases with age: a CT study of 360 patients

N Gourtsoyiannis  1 , P Prassopoulos, D Cavouras, N Pantelidis
Affiliations

The thickness of the renal parenchyma decreases with age: a CT study of 360 patients

N Gourtsoyiannis et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1990 Sep.

Abstract

Renal parenchymal thickness was estimated by using CT in 360 patients with no evidence of renal disease. In each patient, the measurements were normalized to the transverse diameter of the vertebral body and a reference table was formulated. The renal parenchymal thickness decreases about 10% per decade of increasing age in both men and women. These findings are consistent with previously reported findings based on autopsy material. The proposed table may be useful as a criterion for assessing normal renal parenchyma on CT.

PubMed Disclaimer