title: Excretory urography as a screening method for abnormalities of the upper urinary tract in asymptomatic boys with undescended testicles.
abstract: Congenital dystopic testicles frequently occur jointly with abnormalities of the kidneys and the system of draining urinary ducts. A series of 100 asymptomatic boys has been studied by intravenous excretory urography after having undergone orchiopexy for retained testes. All children were clinically non-suspect and there was no history of urinary tract malformation. The investigations brought to light 7 major and 9 minor abnormalities. However, the authors do not recommend the use of intravenous urography as a routine procedure in all children with undescended testicles. The indications of the diagnostic procedure must be limited.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003456:Cryptorchidism / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods*