Renal medullary necrosis in infants and children

Abstract
Two cases of renal medullary necrosis in young infants demonstrated on excretory urography are reported. 24 cases of renal medullary necrosis in children recognised at autopsy at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children between 1953 and 1977 are reviewed. Radiologists should be aware and in search of this entity in all children with history of kidney hypoxia.