title: Multicystic kidney: a sonographic pattern.
abstract: Preoperative B-mode ultrasonography was performed on 7 infants who subsequently were surgically proved to have multicystic kidney disease. Five of the 7 showed a characteristic pattern consisting of a predominantly cystic mass containing septa which divided it into cysts of varying sizes. It is concluded that ultrasound is a reliable method of detecting unilateral multicystic disease of the kidney.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography