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Perinatal assessment of hereditary cystic renal diseases: the contribution of sonography.

Avni FE, Garel L, Cassart M, Massez A, Eurin D, Didier F, Hall M, Teele RL

Department of Medical Imaging, Erasme Hospital, Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium, Favni@ulb.ac.be.

The aims of this review article were to clarify the steps that may lead to a proper diagnosis of fetal and neonatal renal cystic diseases. All the hereditary cystic diseases are reviewed and a classification is proposed. The various sonographic patterns that can be used to ascertain the diagnosis are also reviewed. Finally, tables with differential diagnoses are presented to help the reader in the work-up of such pathologies.

Published 5 April 2006 in Pediatr Radiol, 36(5): 405-14.
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