Neonatal/pediatric Adrenal & Urinary System Flashcards
Infant and young child renal views are obtained from a ____ position
Prone
Children and adolescents renal views are obtained in the __
Decubitus position
Dilation of renal pelvis
Pelvietasis
Medullary pyramids and large and ______
Hypoechoic
______ kidney is somewhat longer
Left
A kidney measurement of ____ should be monitored closely and may indicate infection, scarring, abnormalities
Greater than 1cm side-to-side
Normal neonatal adrenal glands are _______ than in the older infant/child
Larger
Left adrenal glad extends slightly more ____ that the right one
Medial
Adrenal gland sonographically
Inverted V or Y shape in the longitudinal plane
Central medulla in neonate is
Thin, echogenic stripe—-linear
Normal bladder should measure _____ in AP
<3mm
When bladder is empty, the bladder wall should measure ____
<5mm
Most common urinary tract anomaly in children
Congenital hydroneohrosis
Sonographic features of congenital hydronephrosis
Dilated calyces budding of large central cyst(renal pelvis)
Visualization of dilated ureter
Abnormal reflux infection of urine from the bladder and into the kidney
Vesicoureteral Reflux(VUR)
How many grades of VUR
5
1 being the least severe(ureters only)
5 being the worst(severe dilation of ureters and kidney w loss of papillary impressions)
Most common type of obstruction causing hydronephrosis of upper urinary tract in peds
Ureteralpelvic Junction obstruction (UPJ)
Most often results from intrinsic narrowing or extrinsic vascular compression at level of uteropelvic junction
UPJ
Ectopic ureterocele and duplex kidney more commonly occurs in ___
Female and left side
Seen as a fluid mass within the bladder
Ectopic ureterocele
Most common cause of bladder outlet obstruction in male neonate
Posterior urethral valves