Diagnosis and treatment of fluid-filled renal structures in children with ultrasonography and percutaneous puncture.
The application of ultrasonographic and percutaneous needle puncture techniques in the diagnosis of various fluid-filled renal anomalies has permitted rapid delineation of anatomic detail, more definitive physiologic evaluation, and drainage, when necessary, in a safe and cost-effective manner. Its usefulness in children is emphasized in 6 illustrated cases of male infants with minimally or nonopacified renal anomalies, one of the more difficult diagnostic problems in pediatric urology.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D011677:Punctures; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000175:diagnosis