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Common genitourinary catheters: a systematic approach for the radiologist

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Catheters are commonly used to treat and diagnose urinary tract abnormalities in the pediatric population. This pictorial essay reviews commonly placed genitourinary catheters imaged by radiography, fluoroscopy, computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography (US). The purpose of the catheter, how the catheter is placed, and the imaging findings associated with appropriately positioned catheters as well as misplaced and displaced catheters are described. It is important for radiologists to recognize common genitourinary catheters, and be familiar with their normal and abnormal positions as displacement is often first recognized by diagnostic imaging.

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  1. Department of Radiology,, UMass Memorial Medical Center,, 55 N. Lake Ave, Worcester, MA, 01655, USA

    Helen HR. Kim

  2. Department of Radiology,, Columbia University Medical Center,, New York, NY, USA

    Sheryl Tulin-Silver

  3. Department of Urology,, Boston Children’s Hospital,, Boston, MA, USA

    Richard N. Yu

  4. Department of Radiology,, Boston Children’s Hospital,, Boston, MA, USA

    Jeanne S. Chow

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Kim, H.H., Tulin-Silver, S., Yu, R.N. et al. Common genitourinary catheters: a systematic approach for the radiologist. Pediatr Radiol 48, 1155–1166 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-018-4148-2

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