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Article | August 1965

Roentgen Evaluation of Renal Size in Pediatric Age Groups FREE

OLGA M. BAGHDASSARIAN GATEWOOD, MD; RONALD J. GLASSER, BS; JOHN J. VANHOUTTE, MD
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Received for publication March 16, 1965.

Reprint requests to Radiology Department, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md 21205 (Dr. Gatewood).


Am J Dis Child. 1965;110(2):162-165. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1965.02090030172012.
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ESTIMATION of renal size as seen on the frontal roentgenogram is of obvious importance in recognition and investigation of kidney disease. Measurements of kidney length on roentgenograms have been performed in normal living adults and normal parameters have been established.1-3

Hodson et al4 measured the size of normal kidneys in children ranging in age from the newborn to 16 years and correlated those measurements with the individual's age and height. In their review of 393 cases, they found a steady mean increase in kidney length and in body weight between the ages of 4 and 15 years. Their data indicated a close connection between age and body weight as well as between age and kidney size. A much greater correlation was found between body weight and kidney length than that observed in adults. Since the size of the kidney depends largely on the size of the

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Moëll, H.:  Size of Normal Kidneys , Acta Radiol 46:640-645, 1956;.
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Panichi, S., and Bonechi, I.:  Determinazione Radiologica delle Dimensione del Rene: Valori Normali , Minerva Med 49: 3261-3269, 1958;.
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Billing, L.:  The Roentgen Diagnosis of Polycystic Kidneys , Acta Radiol 41:305-315, 1954;.
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Hodson, C.J., et al:  Renal Size in Normal Children: A Radiographic Study During Life , Arch Dis Child 37:616-622, 1962;.
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Currarino, G.:  Roentgenographic Estimation of Kidney Size in Normal Individuals With Emphasis on Children , Amer I Roentgen 93:464-466, 1965;.
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Vuorinen, P., et al:  Renal Cortical Index and Other Roentgenographic Renal Measurements , Acta Radiol Suppl 211: 1, 1962;.
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Pendergrass, E.P.:  Excretory Urography as a Test of Urinary Tract Function , Radiology 40:223-246, 1943;.

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Moëll, H.:  Size of Normal Kidneys , Acta Radiol 46:640-645, 1956;.
2 +
Panichi, S., and Bonechi, I.:  Determinazione Radiologica delle Dimensione del Rene: Valori Normali , Minerva Med 49: 3261-3269, 1958;.
3 +
Billing, L.:  The Roentgen Diagnosis of Polycystic Kidneys , Acta Radiol 41:305-315, 1954;.
4 +
Hodson, C.J., et al:  Renal Size in Normal Children: A Radiographic Study During Life , Arch Dis Child 37:616-622, 1962;.
5 +
Currarino, G.:  Roentgenographic Estimation of Kidney Size in Normal Individuals With Emphasis on Children , Amer I Roentgen 93:464-466, 1965;.
6 +
Vuorinen, P., et al:  Renal Cortical Index and Other Roentgenographic Renal Measurements , Acta Radiol Suppl 211: 1, 1962;.
7 +
Pendergrass, E.P.:  Excretory Urography as a Test of Urinary Tract Function , Radiology 40:223-246, 1943;.

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