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AAP Grand Rounds 12:55-56 (2004)
© 2004 American Academy of Pediatrics

RADIOLOGY

Fetal Urinary Tract Malformations

Source: Cassart M, Massez A, Metens T, et al. Complementary role of MRI after sonography in assessing bilateral urinary tract anomalies in the fetus. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004;182:689–695.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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Urinary tract malformations of the fetus, detected by obstetric sonography, occur in 0.1% to 1% of all pregnancies. Uropathies correspond to 30–50% of all structural anomalies found at birth.1–3 Recent development of fast sequence magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has extended the use of MRI to antenatal diagnosis as an efficient technique to evaluate equivocal fetal sonographic findings, particularly neurologic anomalies. A pilot study was undertaken by investigators from . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Beverly P. Wood, MD, MscEd, PhD, FAAP
Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

 





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