TY - JOUR T1 - Neonatal urological ultrasound: diagnostic inaccuracies and pitfalls. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 578 LP - 580 DO - 10.1136/adc.64.4.578 VL - 64 IS - 4 AU - N W Clarke AU - D C Gough AU - S J Cohen Y1 - 1989/04/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/64/4/578.abstract N2 - Ninety one patients with urinary tract abnormalities diagnosed before birth were reviewed. Diagnoses based on prenatal and postnatal ultrasound scans alone were compared with the final diagnoses after full urological investigations, with operative or necropsy confirmation in 79 cases. The results confirmed that ultrasound examination before birth usually detects nonspecific abnormalities and although scanning after birth is more accurate it is not absolutely reliable. A diagnosis of "multicystic kidney' made on ultrasound scan alone is especially prone to error. Such mistakes can be avoided if full urological investigation is undertaken in every case. ER -