title: Kidney size in children assessed by ultrasonography and urography.
abstract: The accuracy of ultrasonographic evaluation of kidney size using the parameter of kidney length was compared with radiographic kidney length assessment by urography. The examination was performed in 102 children 0 to 14 years old in which 427 length comparisons for the right and left kidney were made. Approximately 85 per cent of all differences noted were within a variation interval of 0 to 1.0 cm which was considered to be a good accuracy and consistent with results previously reported. Ultrasonography was therefore regarded as a reliable and suitable alternative to urography in periodic controls of kidney size and growth in children.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography