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Renal Imaging: Hydronephrosis and Renal Obstruction

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Obstructive uropathy is defined as a structural or functional restriction of urinary flow, which if left uncorrected will lead to impairment of renal function. There are numerous radiologic signs that suggest and help define genitourinary obstruction. This chapter aims to describe the imaging modalities and findings used to characterize and diagnose genitourinary obstruction in specific pathologic entities.

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  1. Department of Urology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, 2 Dudley Street, Suite 175, Providence, RI, 02905, USA

    Liza M. Aguiar MD & Anthony A. Caldamone MD

  2. Department of Pediatric Radiology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI, USA

    Kathleen McCarten MD

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  1. Pediatric Urology Department, Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, Long Island, New York, USA

    Lane S. Palmer

  2. Pediatric and Adolescent Urology Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    Jeffrey S. Palmer

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Aguiar, L.M., McCarten, K., Caldamone, A.A. (2014). Renal Imaging: Hydronephrosis and Renal Obstruction. In: Palmer, L., Palmer, J. (eds) Pediatric and Adolescent Urologic Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8654-1_10

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