OBJECTIVE The determination of goiter prevalence in children by thyroid ultrasound is an important tool for assessing iodine deficiency disorders. The current World Health Organization/International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (WHO/ICCIDD) normative values, based on thyroid volume in iodine-sufficient European children, have recently been questioned, as thyroid volume...

The aim of this study is to describe premature microbubbles destruction with contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ce-VUS) in children using 2nd-generation ultrasound contrast agents (UCA) and to hypothesize about the reason. 141 children (61 females and 80 males) were included in the study, with mean age of 3.3 years (range 4 weeks-16.0 years), who underwent ce-VUS examination between 2011 ...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to determine the predictive value of clinical, laboratory, and imaging variables for the diagnosis of vesicoureteral reflux in children with their first febrile urinary tract infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred fifty-three children with their first febrile urinary tract infection were divided into two groups according to the results of voiding cystour...

Methods We examined 58 children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Clinical, serological and x-ray manifestations were analyzed in children and correlated with the genotypes. For detection erosion bone process we used ultrasound, x-ray, MRI and diagnostic arthroscopy with synovial biopsy. We investigated (PCR-RFLP) the status of p53 gene this children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and 100...

Renal cell carcinoma is an uncommon tumor in pediatric population.It is important for the clinicians to know its diagnosis as the management of renal cell carcinoma RCC is different from Wilms Tumor which is the most common tumor encountered in children .The management is surgical resection with no proven role for chemo or radiotherapy so far. Here, we present a case of seven-year-old male chil...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between abdominal ultrasound findings and demographic, historical, and clinical features in children with cystic fibrosis (CF). STUDY DESIGN Children age 3-12 years with CF without known cirrhosis, were enrolled in a prospective, multicenter study of ultrasound to predict hepatic fibrosis. Consensus ultrasound patterns were assigned by 3 radiologists ...

INTRODUCTION Percutaneous renal biopsy (PRB) is a decisive diagnostic procedure for children and adolescents with renal diseases. Aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively the complication rates of percutaneous kidney biopsies and their therapeutic consequences to assess the role of ultrasound-guidance including Doppler ultrasound examinations in preparation, execution and follow-up car...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the clinical course and ultrasound outcome of prenatally detected multicystic dysplastic kidney. METHODS Fifty-three children with unilateral multicystic dysplastic kidney detected by prenatal ultrasound between 1989 and 2004 were included in the analysis. All children were submitted to conservative management with follow-up visits every six mon...