[PDF] Top 20 Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction as a Cause for Intermittent Abdominal Pain in Children

... Two or three times each year children are seen by the Urology Service at Children's Hospital, Washington, DC, who have a history of intermit tent, severe midabdominal pain associated wit[r] ... See full document

... Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) causes a reduction in the urine flow from the renal pelvis into the ...may cause hydronephrosis, chronic infection or urolithiasis and will often re- ... See full document

... As has been described in previous reports, [8] our study found that E. coli, pseudomonas aeruginosa, and klebsiella pneumoniae were the most common organisms cultured from urine. No patient with a urine culture posi- ... See full document

... Congenital hydronephrosis is a renal urinary disease characterized by distension and dila- tion of the renal pelvis with an overall preva- lence of 11.5 cases per 10,000 births [1, 2]. Ureteralpelvic junction ... See full document

... with ureteropelvic anastomosis in front of the crossing vessel in ...17 children, and the DTPA scans all showed improved drainage ...the children had additional episodes of colicky pain after ... See full document

... Hoffer FA, Lebowitz RL: Intermittent hydronephrosis: A unique feature of ureteropelvic junction obstruction caused by a crossing renal vessel. Stephens FD: Ureterovascular hydronephrosis[r] ... See full document

... around 24to28 weeks, fetal renal function is adequate, and there are no associated serious anomalies. The male child with posterior urethral valves with good renal function is the usual candidate. Mild uropathy which ... See full document

... Introduction: Approximately one out of five patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) present lithiasis in the same setting. We present our outcomes of simultaneous laparo- scopic ... See full document

... Since urine stasis due to hydronephrosis was con- sidered to be a potential cause of stone formation, we decided to perform surgical management for both the hydronephrosis and renal stone simultaneously. Laparo- ... See full document

... for abdominal pain [26], to be revised as Rome-III in 2006, are widely accepted but also criticised examples ...observed pain symptoms of a certain child at a given time, meets problems, which have ... See full document

... The abdomen should be palpated in any child with hydrocele to look for extension of the scrotal hydrocele into the abdomen either properitoneally or retroperitoneally. If an abdominal ma[r] ... See full document

... These signs and symptoms start early in patients with FD, and they are even described in the biopsies of affected fetuses, [3] in the placental tissue, [4] and in the[r] ... See full document

... of abdominal pain, vomit and ...and intermittent, upper abdominal pain in the ...intestinal obstruction and hypodense lesions with CT value of -64 housefield units (HU) to -138 ... See full document

... chronic abdominal pain are more likely than children without chronic abdominal pain to have headache, joint pain, anorexia, vomiting, nausea, excessive gas, and altered bowel ... See full document

... ALCL is a non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma subtype, accounting for ∼10% to 20% of pediatric lymphomas. 22 ALCL is considered a peripheral T-cell lymphoma; however, null-cell disease (cells not expressing of T- or B-cell markers) ... See full document

... in children with chronic recurrent abdominal ...13 children with chronic severe epi- sodes of abdominal pain who were subjected to di- agnostic ...the cause of abdominal ... See full document

... Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is the most common cause of childhood hydronephrosis with the prevalence of ...common cause of neonatal obstructive ...by obstruction; 5 ... See full document

... More than half of pyeloplasty procedures in the US are per- formed in this manner. Important advantages such as less postoperative morbidity and analgesic requirement, shorter hospital stay, and less blood loss, combined ... See full document

... Of the 15 patients with horseshoe kidneys with UPJO, 11 were male and 4 were female. All had unilateral UPJO, 12 patients with UPJO on the left side. Their mean age was 17.7 years (range: 4–51) (Table 2). Presenting ... See full document

... into three age groups. Maximum incidence was found in the age group of 6-10 years which accounted for 60% (n=36) cases .Our study showed that 75% patients were males (n=45) and 25% patients (n=15) were females.In our ... See full document