Echography in the post-natal diagnosis of congenital urinary tract disorders
Metrevelli, C.
Journal de Genetique Humaine 32(1): 43-47
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-7743 PMID: 6736928 Document Number: 222270
The lecture concerns itself specifically with post-natal diagnosis of urinary tract disorders in a child, investigation of the siblings and parents and monitoring of children "at risk". The author describes the advantages of ultrasonography compared with other imaging techniques and gives a description of the appearance of major congenital conditions (infantile type polycystic disease, adult type polycystic disease, medullary cystic disease, nephrocalcinosis and lucent crystal deposits). The author hints at the necessity to screen the parents of children presenting with infantile polycystic disease, as this research was done for the relatives of cases of adult polycystic disease.