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IgA nephropathy echocardiography or ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2]

Overview

Overview

For an adult patient with isolated hematuria, ultrasound of the kidney is usually done first to pinpoint the source of the bleeding. The ultrasonography would rule out kidney stones and bladder cancer, which are the two other common urological causes of hematuria.

Ultrasound

Ultrasound

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