TABLE 2

Grading System for Antenatally Detected Hydronephrosis

Grade*Central renal complex (pelvis)Renal parenchymal thickness
0IntactNormal
IMild splitting = dilatationNormal
IIModerate splitting, but complex, confined to renal borderNormal
IIIMarked splitting, pelvis dilated outside renal border, and calices dilatedNormal
IVFurther caliceal dilatationThin
  • * Proposed by the Society of Fetal Urology (20).