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spectrum of sonographic findings in infantile polycystic kidney disease with urographic and clinical correlations
Author(s) -
Leland Melson G.,
Shackelford Gary D.,
Cole Barbara R.,
McClennan Bruce L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870130206
Subject(s) - medicine , polycystic disease , polycystic kidney , polycystic kidney disease , radiology , kidney , kidney disease
We evaluated nine patients, age 1 day to 17 years, having infantile polycystic kidney disease (IPKD). Using modern scanners with 5‐MHz transducers we have observed two previously unemphasized sonographic (US) findings, a peripheral zone of normally echogenic cortex (five patients), and mild caliectasis (two patients). Our data suggest that IPKD is a more heterogeneous condition clinically and sonographically than generally appreciated and that presence of a thick normally echogenic renal cortex is a good predictor of concurrent normal renal function and prolonged survival.