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Prenatal diagnosis of persistent cloaca
- Source :
- Congenital anomalies. 49(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- We report four cases of persistent cloaca diagnosed at 32-33 weeks of gestation. In cases of persistent cloaca, serial prenatal ultrasonography shows transient fetal ascites, enlarged cystic structures arising from the fetal pelvis. Our four cases of persistent cloaca were diagnosed prenatally. Persistent cloaca should be considered in any female fetus presenting with hydronephrosis and a large cystic lesion arising from the pelvis as assessed by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. Neither pulmonary hypoplasia nor severe oligohydramnios were found in any of our four cases, and they each had a good prognosis. Prenatal diagnosis allows time for parental counseling and delivery planning at a tertiary care center for neonatal intensive care and pediatric surgery.
- Subjects :
- Embryology
medicine.medical_specialty
animal structures
Prenatal diagnosis
Oligohydramnios
Hydronephrosis
Ultrasonography, Prenatal
Pulmonary hypoplasia
Cloaca
Pregnancy
Intensive care
Prenatal Diagnosis
Pediatric surgery
Medicine
Humans
Fetus
business.industry
Obstetrics
Infant, Newborn
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Prognosis
Fetal Diseases
Cloaca (embryology)
embryonic structures
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
business
Developmental Biology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17414520
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Congenital anomalies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....947bac0f0d3ac859a0fa8793af0d3b73