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Research Paper | Radiological Sciences | Saudi Arabia | Volume 5 Issue 11, November 2016 | Rating: 6.7 / 10
Evaluation of Urinary Bladder Pathologies among Sudanese Children by Ultrasound
Wadah M. Ali, Mowada Burai, Shamsaldein Altaheir, Mogahid M. A Zidan, Mohmmed Alhadi A. Ibrahim
Abstract: the urinary bladder pathologies are most common problems in children and it is difficult to be evaluate by one radiological modality for definite diagnosis and assessment. Study was performed to evaluate urinary bladder pathologies in children by ultrasound examination. A total of 100 patients were examined in this study. The data collected from three hospitals in Khartoum state from January 2016 to July 2016. The patients were examined with the own department protocol using ultrasound machines. The study founded that (66 %) of patients are male patients. There are ranged from one year old to less than nineteen years old age. The largest age group founded in the study was patients between one years old to 4 years old representing (40 %) of all patients. The most common symptoms was found is hematuria (21 %) and the most common pathology in children after normal urinary bladder was cystitis, which representing (24 %). Conclusion males were more affected with urinary bladder pathologies in children than females and the most common pathology of the urinary bladder in children was cystitis.
Keywords: Urinary bladder, Symptoms, cystitis, recurrent UTI
Edition: Volume 5 Issue 11, November 2016,
Pages: 1292 - 1294