JAMA · 1923 · 21 citations · 0 references
MedicinePediatricsUrologyPediatric NephrologyPediatric UrologyRenal PathologyCongenital Renal AnomaliesPediatric Renal PathologyPediatric SarcomasPediatric Urologic SurgeryRenal Mass EvaluationRenal NeoplasmsCongenital Kidney DiseaseCongenital Kidney DisordersCystoscopic FindingsPediatric Local AnesthesiaPediatric Renal Mass EvaluationPediatric Renal NeoplasmsPediatric Renal Surgery
The object of the report of this case is to emphasize (1) the value of complete cystoscopic examination in children; (2) the fact that urograms are just as essential in the examination of infants as in that of adults, and (3) that local anesthesia may be used for nephrectomy in infants. <h3>REPORT OF CASE</h3><h3>History.</h3> —A boy, aged 29 days, admitted to the urologic service of the New Haven Hospital, Nov. 22, 1921, the first child in a family in which there had been no other pregnancies, gave an unimportant family history. At birth, which was natural and spontaneous, the weight was 7 pounds 8 ounces (3,398 gm.). During the first, third and fourth days of life, the child passed blood in the urine. On the fourth day especially, the urinary passage resembled pure blood which was bright red. Blood was also noticed in the stools at this time, by