Abstract
Movable kidney is a pathologic condition, that is very poorly studied in children. During the last 12 years we have noticed more than 35 cases. Each case was analysed in respect of:1.sex and age 2.previous history of disease, 3.presenting symptoms and signs and 4-.renal functional tests.
In 2/3 of the patients the sex was female and the age was over 7 years. The right side was prevalently affected. The most frequent symptoms and signs were: temperature, dysuria, cloudy and or haematuric urine, abdominal pain, asthenia, failure to thrive, nausea and incontinence. In 2/3 children urinary tract infection was established, and vesicoureteral reflux was found in 1/3 of the total number of children. In some cases functional renal tests were deeply depressed. According to this study the authors believe that movable kidney in children is certainly a serious pathologic condition and that more attention should be paid to this disorder.
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Vlatković, G., Schuster, E. & Kalafatić, Z. Movable kidney, a neglected disease in Children. Pediatr Res 8, 915 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197411000-00094
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197411000-00094