%0 Journal Article %T Exames de imagem na avalia£¿£¿o de anomalias urol¨®gicas em lactentes com hidronefrose fetal: avan£¿os e controv¨¦rsias %A Dias %A Cristiane Santos %A Silva %A Jos¨¦ Maria Penido %A Marciano %A Renata Cristiane %A Bouzada %A Maria Candida Ferrarez %A Parisotto %A Viviane Marino %A Sanches %A Sandra %A Rodrigues %A Carlos Jos¨¦ Simal %A Duarte %A Mariana Guerra %A Silva %A Ana Cristina Sim£¿es e %A Oliveira %A Eduardo Araujo de %J Jornal Brasileiro de Nefrologia %D 2012 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia %R 10.5935/0101-2800.20120031 %X recent advances in prenatal diagnosis resulted in an improvement of detection and management of urinary tract abnormalities. prenatal ultrasonography allows to identify urological abnormalities that otherwise would not be seen until later in life, when complications occur. the voiding cystourethrogram can be reserved for selected patients. nuclear medicine exams should be performed in cases of moderate and severe hydronephrosis. a review of the current literature on postnatal approach of prenatal hydronephrosis was performed. data obtained were compared with the records of the pediatric nephrology unit hc/ufmg regarding management and follow-up of children with uropathies detected while investigating for fetal hydronephrosis. %K congenital abnormalities %K prenatal diagnosis %K urologic diseases %K vesico-ureteral reflux. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-28002012000400014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en