Incidence of abnormalities of the kidney and ureter in congenital scoliosis.
The frequent occurrence of urinary tract anomalies which have been observed in patients with congenital scoliosis at the Alfred I. duPont Institute led us to evaluate this group to determine its incidence. We found that 13% of the patients with congenital scoliosis had renal abnormalities of varying types-lesions which may predispose to urinary tract pathology--but only one had any symptoms suggesting urinary tract disease.
D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*