Atrophied kidney

Atrophic kidney is when the kidney has shrunk to an abnormal size most likely due to chronic kidney disease/renal failure. This could be the result of other diseases that affect the body such as longstanding poorly controlled diabetes, chronic urinary tract infections, high blood pressure, heart disease, glomerulonephritis, or polycystic kidney disease.Kidney athrophy can start to be seen by imaging if the kidney has been poorly functioning or been damaged for 3 consecutive month or more. Atrophic kidney tends to affect the left kidney more often than right.