Familial juvenile nephronophthisis. An ultrasonographic follow-up of seven patients.
Acta Radiol
; 39(1): 84-9, 1998 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate progressive US changes in the kidneys of patients with familial juvenile nephronophthisis (NPH), an autosomal recessive progressive kidney disease with polyuria, polydipsia, anemia and growth retardation. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
The data from 29 US investigations of 5 boys and 2 girls comprised findings relating to kidney size, echogenicity of the kidney parenchyma, visualization of the corticomedullary junction, and the parameters of renal cysts.RESULTS:
In the early stages of NPH, when the serum creatinine values were between 134 and 370 micromol/l, the corticomedullary differentiation was weak in 6 patients, the echogenicity of the kidney parenchyma was equal to or greater than that of the liver in 5 patients, and 6 patients had developed renal cysts. The findings became more intensive with the progression of NPH. The size of the kidneys remained normal in 4 patients.CONCLUSION:
Renal US reveals characteristic changes already in the early stages of NPH and should therefore be an important part of the diagnostics of NPH because no specific diagnostic test is as yet available.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Rim Policístico Autossômico Recessivo
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Néfrons
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Radiol
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Finlândia