Saturday, February, 11, 2012

Intravenous pyelogram

Table of Contents

Alternative Names

Excretory urography; IVP


Normal Values


What abnormal results mean

The test may reveal kidney diseases, birth defects of the urinary system, tumors, kidney stones, or damage to the urinary system.

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:

  • Acute arterial occlusion of the kidney
  • Acute bilateral obstructive uropathy
  • Acute kidney infection
  • Acute unilateral obstructive uropathy
  • Bilateral hydronephrosis
  • Carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter
  • Chronic bilateral obstructive uropathy
  • Chronic unilateral obstructive uropathy
  • Hydronephrosis (swelling of one kidney due to a backup of urine)
  • Injury of the kidney and ureter
  • Medullary cystic disease
  • Polycystic kidney disease
  • Reflux nephropathy
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Renal papillary necrosis
  • Renovascular hypertension
  • Retroperitoneal fibrosis
  • Ureterocele
  • Wilms tumor

Review Date: 10/11/2010
Reviewed By: Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Chief of Urology, Cambridge Health Alliance, Visiting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)