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Table 3 shows the abnormal USS findings at initial and follow up scans

From: The role of routine post-natal abdominal ultrasound for newborns in a resource-poor setting: a longitudinal study

Serial no

Age in days

sex

Initial USS findings

Follow-up USS findings

1.

3

F

Absent left kidney

Follow up at 18 months-

Absent Left Kidney.

Normal Right Kidney (7.9 × 3.4 cm)

2.

4

F

Mild dilated right renal pelvis.

SFU grade 1

Follow up at 18 months-

Right kidney-Extra-renal pelvis, normal calyces. RK- 6.6 × 2.6 cm; LK- 6.5 × 2.5 cm

3

2

M

Pelvic (Ectopic) right kidney

Follow up at 18 months-

Rt pelvic kidney- 5.9 × 2.7 cm; LK-5.9 × 2.5 cm

4

1

M

Malrotated left kidney

Follow up at 18 months - normal

RK- 5.6 × 2.6 cm; LK-5.7 × 2.4 cm

5

4

F

Duplex right collecting system

Lost to follow up

6

2

F

Right Suprarenal/Adrenal Mass-Hypoechoic suggestive of haemorrage (3.4 × 1.8 cm)

Fever, jaundice on day 2

4 weeks - Echogenic, smaller adrenal mass (1.4 × 0.9 cm)

6 months - Total resolution of mass

7

2

F

Left calyceal cyst- upper pole

Lost to follow up

8

1

F

Left cortical cyst- inferior pole (1.4 × 1.2 cm)- fig 1

4 weeks - cyst = 1.1 × 1.1 cm

6 months - normal USS. No cyst

9

5

M

Mild dilated right renal pelvis.

SFU grade 1

6 months - Normal USS

10

1

M

Mild dilated right renal pelvis.

SFU grade 1(HIV positive mother)

Lost to follow up

11

2

F

Left Hydronephrosis

SFU grade 3

6 weeks -Left hydronephrosis-SFU grade 3 (LK- 5.5 × 3 cm; RK- 4.9 × 2.2 cm)

4 1/2 months- Left hydronephrosis SFU grade 3 (LK- 5.8 × 2.4 cm; RK- 5.7 × 2.4 cm)

12

4

M

Left Hydronephrosis

SFU grade 4.- figure 2

LK = 8.9 × 5.3 cm; RK = 4.5 × 1.7 cm.

4 months - SFU grade 4

LK = 10.3 × 6.5 cm; RK = 5.5 × 2.5 cm -figure 3 and figure 4

  1. USS- Ultrasound; LK- Left kidney; RK- Right Kidney; SFU- Society for Fetal Urology Grade.