20.500.12556/RUL-144546 Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in detection and follow-up of focal renal infections in children Objective: Focal renal infections in children have to be diagnosed early in order to enable an appropriate antibiotic treatment. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the efficacy and clinical utility of intravenous renal contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) as an alternative imaging method for the diagnosis and follow-up of focal renal infections in children. Methods: Fourteen children aged from 6 months to 17 years (mean 6.5 years) in whom focal renal infection was suspected were included in this retrospective study. All data were obtained from medical and imaging records of the patients. Results: CEUS was performed for the diagnosis in all 14 children and then also for follow-up in seven children with renal abscess. In three children enhancement pattern was concordant with focal nephritis and in four children CEUS excluded focal renal infection and the diagnosis of pseudolesion was confirmed. Conclusion: Renal CEUS was proven to be an efficient and self-sufficient imaging in diagnosis and further follow-up of focal renal infections in children. CEUS patterns of focal renal infections are described as well as relevant CEUS enhancement patterns important for differential diagnosis. Renal abscess follow-up algorithm with CEUS is suggested. Advances in knowledge: All clinically relevant imaging data was obtained by CEUS and no other imaging was necessary for the diagnosis and follow-up. contrast-enhanced ultrasound focal renal infection children follow-up studies ultrazvok s kontrastom fokalna renalna infekcija otrok sledilne študije true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-03-01 10:17:42 2023-03-01 10:17:44 2023-03-02 03:39:34 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 5 str. iss. 1140, art. 20220290 Vol. 95 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 616-07 1748-880X 10.1259/bjr.20220290 143017987 bjr.20220290.pdf bjr.20220290.pdf 1 9AF94A25A8C6988D411EFC4D81203AA9 b4c6e9d2bf59b759af7982bfe4dc5a958ee442135d3e49f74fe5c2a483f324cb 2f9e9600-b812-11ed-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=166950 https://www.birpublications.org/doi/10.1259/bjr.20220290 1 e99cff4e-b811-11ed-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=166949 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0