Standardization of pediatric uroradiological terms: A multidisciplinary European glossary

Abstract

To promote the standardization of nephro-uroradiological terms used in children, the European Society of Pediatric Radiology uroradiology taskforce wrote a detailed glossary. This work has been subsequently submitted to European experts in pediatric urology and nephrology for discussion and acceptance to improve the quality of radiological reports and communication among different clinicians involved in pediatric urology and nephrology.

Application of the postnatal urinary tract dilation classification system to predict the need for surgical intervention among neonates and young infants

“…Two board-certified pediatric radiologists (blinded; 5 and 8 years of experience in radiology, respectively) independently reviewed the US images and were blinded to any clinical data and the original US report. The reviewers recorded the following imaging features based on previous research on the postnatal UTD system and pediatric uroradiological terms [6,13] (Table 1): laterality of the involved KU (right, left, bilateral), APRPD, central calyceal dilation, peripheral calyceal dilation, parenchymal appearance abnormalities (altered echogenicity, cortical cysts, decreased corticomedullary differentiation), parenchymal thinning, ureteral dilation, bladder abnormalities (wall thickening, ureterocele, dilated posterior urethra).…”

“…In previous studies [6,13], parenchymal thinning was subjectively assessed, and we defined parenchymal thinning when the medulla was not seen or when parenchymal thickness was less than one-quarter of that in the contralateral kidney. In the case of bilateral renal involvement, thinning was considered when the medulla was less than one-quarter of the reported reference medullary thickness in 1-month-old infants (6.06 ± 1.24 mm in right kidney A c c e p t e d A r t i c l e and 6.07 ± 1.33 mm in left kidney) [14].…”