Renal and Adrenal Imaging in the Pediatric Population.
This article reviews pediatric renal and adrenal MRI, including protocol optimization, imaging features of congenital and neoplastic conditions, and the potential of diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to improve diagnosis and guide care.
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This article reviews pediatric renal and adrenal MRI, including protocol optimization, imaging features of congenital and neoplastic conditions, and the potential of diffusion-weighted and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to improve diagnosis and guide care.
Research significance
The supplied record supports advanced MRI as a diagnostic and care-guidance tool; it is reasonable but unproven to hypothesize that functional imaging biomarkers could improve tumor characterization or treatment selection in pediatric Wilms tumor or neuroblastoma, because no therapeutic intervention, comparative outcome, or validation data are reported.
Source abstract
In this article, we present an in-depth overview of adrenal and renal imaging in the pediatric population, with a focus on MR imaging protocol optimization, frequently observed pathologies, cutting-edge imaging techniques, and prospective advancements. We detail the imaging features of various congenital anomalies, tumors, and uncommon disorders. Additionally, we underscore the value of advanced MR imaging methods-including diffusion-weighted imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging-in improving diagnostic accuracy and guiding patient-care.