[Ureteral-pelvic junction syndrome in the child. Apropos of 8 cases].
Eight cases of uretero-pelvic junction syndrom collected in the ten past years are reported. They are 4 males and 4 females ranged from 18 months to 15 years with a mean age of 4.5 years. This age too late is probably due to the misknowlege but also to the lack of information about the pathology. The main characteristics of this syndrome are analysed according to the literature. All patients except one underwent nephrectomy because the irreverible lesions of the kidney. The authors emphasize the importance of early diagnosis done by antenatal echography but it can be made with a good clinical examination followed by the results of I.V.P. It is necessary for them to make parents, general practitioners and paediatricians sensitive to that pathology to avoid such operating act whose consequence are very serious where as it is benign.
Clinique Chirurgicale CHU de Dakar.
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Sankalé
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Fall
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Ndoye
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D013577:Syndrome; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*
Le syndrome de la jonction pyélo-urétérale chez l'enfant. A propos de 8 observations.