UROLOGIC ABDOMINAL MASSES IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

KASPER, THOMAS E.
OSBORNE, ROBERT W. JR.
SEMERDJIAN, HRANT S.
MILLER, HARRY C.

From the Department of Urology, George Washington University Medical Center and Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Accepted for publication March 12, 1976.

Read at annual meeting of Mid-Atlantic Section, American Urological Association, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, October 29-November 1, 1975.

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Journal of Urology 116(5):p 629-633, November 1976. | DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)58941-7

A series of 167 infants and children presenting with palpable urologic abdominal masses from 1960 to 1973 has been reviewed. The groupings by age at presentation and type of urologic lesion enable us to make certain general statements. Emphasis is placed upon adequate preoperative evaluation in any child with an abdominal mass to avoid unnecessary laparotomy and morbidity.