title: Hyper-echogenic colon: a prenatal sign of cystinuria?
abstract: We suggest the term 'hyper-echogenic colon' to describe a hyperechoic foetal colonic content with no other intestinal abnormality. This is a rare pattern, which to our knowledge, has never been correlated with a specific pathology. The accidental observation of a cystine kidney stone in an infant who presented with this sign during the prenatal period made it possible to diagnose this disease retrospectively in two other children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Radiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France. mbrasseur@caramail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brasseur-Daudruy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brossard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Broux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heckettsweiler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eurin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003106:Colon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology*; D003555:Cystinuria / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D001744:Urinary Bladder Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology