title: Clinical analysis of the small kidney associated with VUR.
abstract: Analysis was performed on the clinical features of children with VUR who had one or two kidneys that were at least -2 SD smaller than normal for age of its renal ratio. The prevalence of the small kidney was 15.6% (97/623 children). Of 107 small kidneys, 87 (82%) were associated with moderate (grade IV) to severe (grade V) reflux and renal scarring was evident on 95 kidneys (88%). About half of the kidneys were diagnosed as scarred atrophy and 40% as congenital hypoplasia. The renal growth after antireflux surgery was evaluated by the change of the renal ratio and it was found that about three-fourths remained small during the pre- and postoperative periods. Accelerated growth was only exceptional.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ikoma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001284:Atrophy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery