Miklós Merksz, Bálint Sulya, Mária Polovitzer, Ildikó Héjj, Diana Molnár, Zsolt Szepesváry, András Kiss
INTRODUCTION: Intermittent pelviureteric junction obstruction, and its consequence,intermittent hydronephrosis is a difficult condition to identify. The renal collecting system is not dilated between the episodes of abdominal pain attacks and a prompt investigation is hard to carry out during the time of painful crisis. Therefore, most of the patients are initially misdiagnosed. AIM: The aim of the study was to assess the occurrence and the clinical characteristics of this phenomenon in children operated in the Department of Urological Surgery, Heim Pál Children Hospital, Budapest, Hungary...
June 16, 2013: Orvosi Hetilap