Abstract

DARICO MENDEZ, Caridad Luisa; ARENCIBIA SOSA, Heriberto  and  SILVA FERRERA, Jorge. Imaging and clinical characterization of children with urogenital malformations. MEDISAN [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.11, pp.1503-1509. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective study was carried out in 153 patients admitted to "Dr. Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira" Northern Teaching Children Hospital of Santiago de Cuba from June 2008 to June 2010 and attended in outpatient department during that biennium due to urogenital clinical manifestations. The variables selected for the study were, among others, the following: sex, nutritional status, clinical presentation, type of malformation and imaging technique performed. At the time of the diagnosis female sex and urinary tract infection predominated. The most frequent congenital malformation was the renal ectopia confirmed mainly through ultrasonography, so it is recommended to use this technique over others that could be available at the institution.

Keywords : child; urinary tract infection; urogenital malformation; renal ectopia; ultrasonography; children hospital.

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