Hinyokika Kiyo. 2001 Sep; 47(9): 649-52.

A case of renal ptosis treated with hochu-ekki-to with improvement confirmed by excretory urography.

Ogawa Y, Fuji K, Shimada M, Yoshida H.

Department of Urology, Showa University School of Medicine.

A 59-year-old woman visited our clinic with complaints of right back dull pain. Excretory urography showed bilateral renal ptosis (a 6 cm decrease in position of the right kidney and a 5 cm decrease of the left kidney). She was treated with 7.5 g/day of Hochu-ekki-to. After 6 months, her symptoms improved and after 8 months excretory urography showed a 3 cm decrease in the position of both kidneys. Hochu-ekki-to might be useful for the conservative therapy of renal ptosis.