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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1978;21(5):396-402. Published online May 31, 1978.

Five cases of Congenital Hydronephrosis in Infancy.

Chul Lee¹, Hong Kyu Lee¹, Jae Song Kim¹, Dong Gwan Han¹, Duk Jin Yun¹, Jin Moo Lee²

¹Department of Pediatrcs, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.
²Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

This is a clinical observation of five infants associated with congenital hydronephrosis experienced at the Pediatric Department of Severance Hospital. The results were as follows: 1. The age distribution was from one day to seven months with the sex radio of 4 : 1 with male predominance. 2. The signs most freguently found were palpable abdominal mass and abdominal distension. In three cases affected lesions were left, one was right the other was bilateral. Three cases treated by nephrectomy were stricture of ureteropelvic junction in three. Giant hydronephrosis were observed in two cases.

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