title: Sonographic and urographic correlation in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (formerly Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome).
abstract: To determine the spectrum of urologic disease and the value of ultrasound as a screening mechanism, renal imaging was performed on 23 patients with Bardet-Biedl syndrome. On intravenous urography (IVU), abnormal calices were present in 22 patients, with communicating cortical cysts/diverticula in 17. Ultrasound detected caliceal or cystic changes in 70%. On IVU, 21 patients had fetal-type lobular outlines that were detected on sonography in 95%. Renal structural abnormalities are characteristic of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome, and are still best imaged by urography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cramer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harnett
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McManamon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pryse-Phillips
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Parfrey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D007849:Laurence-Moon Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000473:pathology*; D014567:Urography; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis