Perinatal and infant outcome in prenatally diagnosed hyperechogenic kidneys.

Hyperechogenic kidneys are often complicated by other renal tract and extra-renal abnormalities, aberrant karyotype and genetic disease, and these factors have more of an effect on overall outcome than kidney echogenicity. Renal outcome is good in isolated hyperechogenic kidneys, with 79% having normal renal function. Importantly, for prognostic counselling, all of the children in our non-selected series with isolated echogenic kidneys and normal amniotic fluid levels had normal renal outcome in infancy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.