2022
The role of renal contour change in the diagnosis of cortical scarring after urinary tract infection.
Muniz G, Charron M, Lim R, Shammas A, Liu H, Shaikh N. The role of renal contour change in the diagnosis of cortical scarring after urinary tract infection. Am J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2022, 12: 41-43. PMID: 35295886, PMCID: PMC8918400.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrinary tract infectionRenal scarringTract infectionsRenal contourDiagnosis of renal scarringPermanent renal scarringProspective clinical trialFollow-up scansNuclear medicine physiciansTechnetium-99mPresence of abnormalitiesRIVUR studyContour abnormalitiesCortical scarringClinical trialsTechnetium-99Medicine physiciansGold standardEligibility criteriaScarsContour changesAbnormalitiesDiagnosisInfectionChildren
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
2016
Imaging the Pediatric Urinary Tract
Traubici J, Lim R. Imaging the Pediatric Urinary Tract. 2016, 3-47. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-52972-0_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUrinary tractWork-up of patientsPediatric urinary tractUrinary tract imagingMagnetic resonance imagingPediatric patientsDifferential diagnosisExcretory urographyComputed tomographyFollow-upAcquired diseasesWork-upContrast fluoroscopyUrinary systemImaging studiesResonance imagingPatientsDiagnosisModalitiesDiseaseTractScintigraphyUrographyFluoroscopySonography