title: Ultrasound of the paediatric urogenital tract.
abstract: Pathology in the urinary tract is one of the most frequent queries when children are referred for an ultrasound examination. Comprehensive ultrasound examinations can answer most clinical questions of the urogenital tract with minimal patient preparation and without the use of ionising radiation. Therefore, optimised imaging protocols should be available in all radiology departments where children are examined. This review suggests a preferred imaging protocol for urogenital imaging in children and gives an overview of the different structures of the urogenital tract, the normal age-related sonographic anatomy, and gives examples of the most commonly encountered diseases of the urogenital system in children.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Diagnostics and Intervention, Department for Radiology and Nuclear medicine, Unit for paediatric radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway. Electronic address: lilsofie.ording@googlemail.com.
authors.forename: Lil-Sofie Ording
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010372:Pediatrics; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014566:Urogenital System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Bladder; Children; Female genitalia; Kidneys; Ultrasound; Urogenital tract