Brief Answer:
Certainly yes!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for your query.

This is a very classical ''sign'' a Doctor can elicit on clinical/ physical examination.

This is called a ballotable kidney.
It is palpated with the help of both the hands and one put under and the other above on the abdominal wall.
This usually moves with respiration.
Yes, One can say on the proper clinical examination that there is a distended kidney even without ultrasonography.

In old times, when the ultrasounds were a rare or were not available, it was the sole clinical examination that decided about the distended kidney/s.

So please go ahead as suggested by the Doctor.

Regards,

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