The Role of Renal Ultrasound in Children with Febrile Urinary Tract Infection

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common cause of bacterial infection in febrile children. Because of urological structural anomalies that are associated with UTI, imaging studies such as renal and bladder ultrasound (RBUS), voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), and 99mtechnetium-dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan (DMSA) may be performed to evaluate acute pyelonephritis or acute lobar nephronia, obstructive uropathies, vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), and possible renal scar formation. The pathogenesis of renal scar formation remains unknown; however, VUR has an important role in renal scar formation, which may lead permanent renal damage and chronic kidney disease.
Source: Pediatrics and Neonatology - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research