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URETROCYSTOGRAPHIE MICTIONNELLE [1 record]

Record 1 2025-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Urinary Tract
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

Voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), also known as a micturating cystourethrography (MCU), is a fluoroscopic study of the lower urinary tract in which contrast is introduced into the bladder via a catheter. The purpose of the examination is to assess the bladder, urethra, postoperative anatomy and micturition in order to determine the presence or absence of bladder and urethral abnormalities ...

Key term(s)
  • voiding cysto-urethrography
  • micturating cysto-urethography
  • micturating cysto-urethrogram

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
CONT

L'urétrocystographie mictionnelle permet d'analyser le fonctionnement et la morphologie de la vessie et de l'urètre. Elle met aussi en évidence un reflux vésico-urétéro-rénal signalant une malformation à la hauteur du point d'abouchement de l'uretère dans la vessie.

Key term(s)
  • urétro-cystographie mictionnelle
  • cystourétrographie mictionnelle

Spanish

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