Ramírez-Arango J, Ruiz LA, Maldonado GA, Herrera MC

Language: Spanish
References: 15
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ABSTRACT

Background: Micturating cystourethrography is a study used since 1903 for diagnosing urinary tract disorders; it remains in use despite the existence of much more advanced diagnostic techniques due to its ease of access, low cost, and high effectiveness. Proper testing technique, combined with knowledge of the most common disorders, will allow the radiologist to offer an accurate diagnosis avoiding more complex studies.
Objetive: review of diagnostic method, its indications, technique, and characterization of the most common diseases diagnosed by that technique, in patients studied at a private radiology center in Mexico City.
Material and Methods: a descriptive, retrospective and review study, which reviewed reports from cystourethrograms stored in the Research Information Systems (RIS), taken at CT Scanner del Sur from January 2013 through March 2016.
Results: we analyzed 84 cystourethrograms from 21 men, 54 women, and 9 minors; we found that the most prevalent diagnoses were urethral stenosis in men and effort or stress incontinence in women. In minors, vesicoureteral reflux and cystitis were the most common.
Conclusion: the results are consistent with the findings reported in the specialized literature, where obstructive urethral pathology and stress incontinence are the diagnoses most commonly found by this method in men and women, respectively. In children, congenital and inflammatory pathologies are the most common, as they were in our study.

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