Pediatric GU Flashcards
Vesicoureteral reflux
abnormal retrograde reflux of urine into kidney; can cause pyelonephritis, renal scarring, loss of renal function; screen with siblings`
Primary vs secondary VUR
1: short intravesicular portion of ureter
2: obstruction (posterior urethral valve or neurogenic bladder)
Grading of VUR
I: reflux into ureter
II: reflux into nondilated renal calyces, normal ureteral/calyceal morphology
III: reflux into collecting system, blunting of calyx
IV: moderately dilated ureter
V: severely dilated and tortuous ureter
Imaging of VUR
renal US, VCUG, RNC, Tc 99m DMSA
Nuclear renal studies
radionuclide cystogram with Tc99m pertectnatate
Tc 99m DMSA renal scinitgraphy to evaluate cortical scarring
Weigert-Meyer rule
Upper pole inserts ectopically and inferomedially; obstructs; ureterocele
Lower pole refluxes, inserts orthotopically (normal)
Drooping lily sign
VCUG; invisible obstructed upper pole compresses the refluxed contrast in the lower moeity collection; ddx renal ptosis
Most common cause of unilateral hydronephrosis
UPJ obstruction
Causes of UPJ obstruction
aberrant renal artery/compression, aperistaltic segment of ureter, idopathic
Posterior urethral valves
Males; bladder outlet obstruction, web in urethra resulting in dilation of posterior/prostatic urethra, dilated/trabeculated bladder, hydronephrosis
Keyhole appearance (US)
dilated posterior urethra and bladder
Prune belly syndrome
loss of abdominal wall muscles and muscles of the urinary collecting system (hydronephrosis and dilation of bladders); associated with cryptorchidism
Differentiation between posterior urethral valves and prune belly syndrome
entire urethra dilated with prune belly syndrome, not just the prostatic ureter
Ureterocele (UVJ obstruction)
focal dilation of distal ureter in bladder wall; ectopic ureterocele (upper pole ureter); simple ureterocele
Most common neonatal cystic renal mass
Multicystic dysplastic kidney
How to differentiate from MCDK and hydronephrosis
noncommunicating cysts = MCDK
Associations with simple renal cysts in pediatrics
Tuberous sclerosis, VHL
VHL findings
renal cysts, renal AML, cardiac rhabdomyoma, CNS cortical hamartomas
VHL
renal cysts, RCC, adrenal pheochromocytoma, pancreatic cysts, CNS hemangioblastomas
Demographics for multilocular cystic nephroma
bimodal: young boys and middle aged women
Imaging findings for MLCN
multiseptated cystic neoplasm, benign; herniates into renal pelvis causing hydronephrosis
ADPKD imaging findings
manifests in adulthood; hepatic cysts, less commonly pancreatic cysts