title: Clinical, imaging and cystometric findings of voiding dysfunction in children.
abstract: The AIM of the study was to validate some of the imaging criteria for voiding dysfunction in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included a number of 55 children with voiding dysfunction symptoms. They were investigated clinically as well as through imaging techniques: renourinary ultrasound, voiding cystourethrography and cystometry.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common symptoms were urgency (87.3%), increased frequency (81.8%), and daytime urinary incontinence (76.3%). Ultrasound scans detected a reduced bladder capacity in 65.5% patients. The voiding cystourethrography detected bladder trabeculations (58.2%) and spinning top urethra (63.6%). Cystometric recordings indicated overactive bladder in 70.9% patients. Reduced bladder capacity detected by ultrasound associated with trabeculated bladder and spinning top urethra detected by voiding cystourethrography in a patient with specific symptoms may suggest an overactive bladder. In CONCLUSION, voiding dysfunction in child can be diagnosed by minimal or non-invasive methods.
authors: 3rd Pediatric Department Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2-4 Câmpeni str 400217 Cluj Napoca, Romania. gabi_ichim@yahoo.com
authors: Gabriela
authors: G
authors: Ichim
authors: Otilia
authors: O
authors: Fufezan
authors: Mihaela
authors: M
authors: Farcău
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Asăvoaie
authors: Daniela
authors: D
authors: Pop
authors: Sorana
authors: S
authors: Staticescu
authors: Mircea Victor
authors: MV
authors: Nanulescu
mesh_terms: D019540:Area Under Curve; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012372:ROC Curve; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000502:physiology*