Prenatal diagnosis of congenital megalourethra in the second trimester of pregnancy.

congenital megalourethra postmortem prenatal diagnosis ultrasonography

Journal

Journal of ultrasonography
ISSN: 2084-8404
Titre abrégé: J Ultrason
Pays: Poland
ID NLM: 101622466

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2019
Historique:
received: 20 01 2019
accepted: 29 03 2019
entrez: 6 2 2020
pubmed: 6 2 2020
medline: 6 2 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Congenital megalourethra is abnormal dilation of the penile urethra due to aplasia of erectile tissue, leading to lower urinary tract obstruction. This condition should be considered when fetal penis with typical dilation is seen on prenatal scan. The dilated structure, however, can be easily missed or misinterpreted as the umbilical cord. Perinatal prognosis is poor due to direct consequences on urinary and respiratory systems, or due to severe associated anomalies. A large number of survived cases experience urinary sequelae and renal impairment. We report one case of fetal congenital megalourethra diagnosed at 17 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32021712
doi: 10.15557/JoU.2019.0045
pii: exeley
pmc: PMC6988452
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

302-304

Informations de copyright

© Polish Ultrasound Society.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of interest Authors do not report any financial or personal connections with other persons or organizations, which might negatively affect the contents of this publication and/or claim authorship rights to this publication.

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Auteurs

Do Duy Anh (DD)

Pham Ngoc Thach University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Ha To Nguyen (HT)

Imaging Diagnostic Department, Tudu maternity Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Simon Meagher (S)

Monash Ultrasound for Women, Melbourne, Australia.

Edward Araujo Júnior (E)

Department of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine, Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), São Paulo-SP, Brazil.

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