Ultrasound demonstration of prenatal renal vein thrombosis.
Renal calcification following renal vein thrombosis (RVT) has a virtually diagnostic lace-like radiological pattern. It has been seen as early as the first day of life, [1-3], indicating prenatal disease. This case report illustrates the sonographic appearance of such calcifications which to our knowledge has not been described. We observed abnormalities on a prenatal ultrasound at 37 weeks of gestation and calcifications within the kidney on ultrasound during the neonatal period in an infant of a mother with Class B diabetes mellitus.
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Department of Radiology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
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D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography