Hyper-echogenic colon: a prenatal sign of cystinuria? |
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| Authors: | M Brasseur-Daudruy C Garel V Brossard F Broux B Heckettsweiler D Eurin |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France;2. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Robert Debré Hospital, Paris, France;3. Department of Neonatalogy, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France;4. Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France;5. Department of Biochemistry, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France |
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| Abstract: | We suggest the term ‘hyper-echogenic colon’ to describe a hyperechoic foetal colonic content with no other intestinal abnormality. This is a rare pattern, which to our knowledge, has never been correlated with a specific pathology. The accidental observation of a cystine kidney stone in an infant who presented with this sign during the prenatal period made it possible to diagnose this disease retrospectively in two other children. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | cystinuria prenatal diagnosis colon foetus |
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