Disorders of Renal Development and Anomalies of the Collecting System, Bladder, Penis, and Scrotum David R. Roth Edmond T. Gonzales DISORDERS OF RENAL DEVELOPMENT Abnormalities of Position Simple Ectopia Simple…
Chronic Renal Failure Edward C. Kohaut During the late 1970s, whether any child was a candidate for any form of renal replacement therapy was questioned because the rigors of therapy…
Urinary Tract Infection Edmond T. Gonzales David R. Roth EPIDEMIOLOGY During childhood, the urinary tract is second only to the upper respiratory tract as a source of morbidity from bacterial…
Morphologic Development of the Kidney Laura S. Finn The development of the kidney is a complex and well-coordinated process relying on the integration of cellular proliferation, programmed cell death, migration,…
Hemangiomas and Other Vascular Tumors of Infancy Denise W. Metry The most common tumors of infancy are benign vascular lesions. Before 1982, the term “hemangioma” was used to encompass a…
Splenic Cysts Tom Jaksic Sid Johnson EPIDEMIOLOGY Splenic cysts are uncommon occurrences. They may be found incidentally or may be associated with left upper-quadrant pain, infection, hemorrhage, and unexplained splenomegaly….
Vascular Malformations Denise W. Metry Mary L. Brandt The nomenclature used to describe vascular birthmarks has long been a source of confusion in the medical literature. A biologic classification system…
Histiocytic Proliferative Diseases Kenneth L. McClain LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS Epidemiology The incidence of Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is approximately 5 per million children or 1 in 25,000 live births. Based…
Gonadal and Germ Cell Neoplasms Victor A. Lewis Douglas R. Strother Germ cell tumors (GCT) constitute 1% of cancers in children less than 15 years of age. Located mostly close…
