ABSTRACT
Congenital scoliosis has been associated with malformations of several systems but little attention has been paid to those of the urinary tract. Thirty five patients among 100 children with congenital scoliosis were included in this review because they had been further explored by abdominal ultrasonography or excretory urography. There were 19 female patients (54%). Age ranged from 3 months to 11 years when images were taken. Twelve patients (34%) had 15 urological abnormalities, the most frequent of these was unilateral renal agenesis (36%). In 9 of 12 affected children there were additional defects in a third system (central nervous, cardiovascular or gastrointestinal). On this basis routine abdominal ultrasonography for children with congenital scoliosis seems justified.
