Modern imaging of renal tuberculosis in children

Authors: Mapukata; Andronikou; Fasulakis; McCulloch; Grobbelaar; Jee

Source: Australasian Radiology, Volume 51, Number 6, December 2007 , pp. 538-542(5)

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Abstract:

Summary

Renal tuberculosis is relatively uncommon in children. Imaging of renal tuberculosis in children differs from adults in that intravenous urography is rarely performed for urinary symptoms in childhood because of radiation dose considerations. Modern imaging modalities include cross-sectional techniques such as ultrasound, CT and MRI, which successfully show renal, calyceal, ureteric and bladder pathology of renal tuberculosis in children.

Keywords: tuberculosis; renal infection; imaging modalities

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01890.x

Publication date: 2007-12-01