2020
Dietl crisis: Presentation and imaging findings in a 7-year-old boy
Lahoud R, Esker W, Thurston S, Kohanski M, Elder J, Lim R. Dietl crisis: Presentation and imaging findings in a 7-year-old boy. Radiology Case Reports 2020, 16: 555-559. PMID: 33384756, PMCID: PMC7772522, DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMagnetic resonance urographySevere left hydronephrosisDietl's crisisLeft hydronephrosisTime-to-peak enhancementIntermittent ureteropelvic junction obstructionUreteropelvic junction obstructionFollow-up USColicky abdominal painAberrant blood vesselsSurgical pyeloplastySymptomatic resolutionAbdominal painRare entityRecurrent episodesComplete resolutionImaging findingsRecurrent episodes of colicky abdominal painEmergency departmentHydronephrosisBlood vesselsUltrasoundMultiple visitsDiagnosisPublished literature
2008
Renal pyramid echogenicity in ureteropelvic junction obstruction: correlation between altered echogenicity and differential renal function
Chavhan G, Daneman A, Moineddin R, Lim R, Langlois V, Traubici J. Renal pyramid echogenicity in ureteropelvic junction obstruction: correlation between altered echogenicity and differential renal function. Pediatric Radiology 2008, 38: 1068. PMID: 18633607, DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0943-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDifferential renal functionLoss of corticomedullary differentiationUreteropelvic junction obstructionPoor renal functionCorticomedullary differentiationUreteropelvic junctionRenal functionGroup 1Risk ratioObstructed kidneyGroup 2Increased echogenicityGroup 3Technetium-99m mercaptoacetyltriglycineResultsIn group 1Fisher's exact testAbnormal echogenicityObstructive hydronephrosisExact testTechnetium-99Histological changesRenal pyramidsHigh-frequency transducersEchogenicityPatients