The most common cuase of renal scarring in a 3 year old child is -

Ans. is 'c' i.e., Vesicouretrial reflux induced pyelonephritis The small scarred kidney in childhood;. Risdon RA] `Reflux nephropathy is now a generally accepted term to describe small scarred kidneys discovered during childhood; it recognises the close association between this renal lesion and vesicoureteric reflux (VUR)'. Renal scarring is most commonly a result of chronic pyogenic injection of the kidney or chronic pyelonephritis. Chronic pyelonephritis occurs only in patients with major anatomic abnormalities, such as obstructive uropathy, struvite calculi or, most commonly, VUR (in 30 to 45% of young children with symptomatic UTI).