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Abstract

Introduction: Renal stones continue to be a fairly frequent issue, impacting roughly 10% of the population at some time in their lives. It seems that during the past few decades, the occurrence of renal stones has grown; at least partially, this can be attributed to an increase in obesity levels and dietary changes.
Objective: Comparison between the computed tomography & ultrasound for the diagnosis and for evaluating the location & size of the kidney stones.
Patient and Methods: Included 75 patients with renal stones. The male and female patient's age range was (18–87 years). Patients have been referred for CT and US.
Results: The highest current group are the age group between (39–47 years, 26.7%), and the sample under (60 years) old is (9.3%). The age of (30–38, 13.3%), and those aged less than (20 years, 10.7%), which is the lowest percentage. Distribution of kidney stone according to size, the high prevalence rate of kidney stone was 22 (28%) and the size (5–7 mm), while the high prevalence rate to the location of stone were found in left & right kidneys (30%–25%) respectively. Distribution of kidney stone types, the high prevalence was the calcium oxalate 34 (45%), calcium phosphate 20 (27%), Uric acid 9 (12%), struvite 3 (4%) & cysteine 2 (2%).
Conclusion: Gold standard for patients suspected of having renal stones disease is CT. When it came to identifying renal stones and determining their type and size, CT proved to be more reliable and accurate compared to ultrasound.

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