British Journal of Radiology 75 (2002),396 © 2002 The British Institute of Radiology
Paediatric Uroradiology. Ed. by R Fotter, pp. x+434, 2001 (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York), £147.00 ISBN 3-540-66511-0
D Pilling
This is a multi-author text, with mainly European authors, in the Medical Radiology Series, covering the entire field of paediatric urology. The book includes an opening section on the various diagnostic procedures available, followed by chapters on embryology and then separate chapters on varying developmental anomalies. There are some specific chapters on difficult diagnostic problems, including urinary tract infection vesicoureteric reflux and post-natal imaging of fetal uropathy. The book is very much designed from the clinical perspective, analysing the appropriate imaging for a particular clinical circumstance rather than considering a diagnosis and how that diagnosis should be imaged. Balanced views are given for most areas where there is a breadth of opinion and this is particularly obvious in the post-natal follow-up of fetal uropathies and urinary tract infection. The images are of high quality, and all areas, in particular the controversial ones, are well referenced. Inevitably there is some overlap, but this is minimal. Not all would agree with voiding cystourethrograms in children with urinary tract infections regardless of age, but this is just one example of the controversies within paediatric uroradiological imaging for which there is continuing debate. This most excellent text can be thoroughly recommended to all involved in imaging the urinary tract of children, as it is not only up to date but handles the controversies with great skill.
