Percutaneous antegrade pyelography in small infants and neonates.
Percutaneous antegrade pyelography is a safe and useful alternative to retrograde pyelography in the investigation of urinary-tract malformations in the neonate or very young infant. It is preferred to arteriography in the infant with a loin mass. Satisfactory delineation of hydronephrosis or cysts is simply and directly accomplished by this method, so that more complex and less definitive investigations can often be avoided. In addition, a variety of ureteric abnormalities may be displayed.
D001027:Aortography; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods*