Clinical and imaging features in 16 infants exposed to food contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid.
OBJECTIVE
The objective of our study was to describe the clinical and imaging features of infants exposed to milk formula contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid.


CONCLUSIONS
The imaging feature of patients exposed to food contaminated with melamine and cyanuric acid was multiple calculi of the urinary tract that varied greatly in size and shape. Most patients presented with symptoms of urinary obstruction.
Ren
Fang-yuan
FY
Department of Radiology, General Hospital of Lanzhou Command PLA, No. 333 Bin He Rd. S, Lanzhou 730050, Ganshu, PR China. renfangyuan@hotmail.com
Wang
Yue
Y
Hou
Xiao-bin
XB
Zhang
Cheng-rong
CR
Ma
Ling
L
D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D014227:Triazines / Q000506:poisoning*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology
D014227:Triazines; C004632:cyanuric acid; C011907:melamine