Ultrasonography is currently used to diagnose autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, despite accuracy being limited in patients <30 years of age. A new study in 155 individuals showed that high-resolution ultrasonography achieved a diagnostic sensitivity of 97%. Use of high-resolution ultrasonography compared favourably with the reported 82% diagnostic sensitivity achieved with standard ultrasonography. This research suggests that high-resolution ultrasonography is comparable in sensitivity to MRI (which has 100% diagnostic sensitivity).
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Pei, Y. et al. Imaging-based diagnosis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. J. Am. Soc. Nephrol. 10.1681/ASN.2014030297
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High-resolution ultrasonography improves cyst detection. Nat Rev Nephrol 10, 542 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2014.151
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2014.151
