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Complete duplication of urinary bladder and urethra: prenatal sonographic features
Author(s) -
Boopathy Vijayaraghavan S.,
Nirmala A. B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1002/uog.1093
Subject(s) - medicine , urethra , prenatal diagnosis , pelvis , urinary system , urinary bladder , anatomy , gene duplication , fetus , urology , pregnancy , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , biology , genetics
Prenatal sonographic features of the rare anomaly of complete duplication of the urinary bladder and urethra are described in this case report. A coronal scan of the fetal pelvis at 29 weeks of gestation revealed two pyriform cystic structures. The umbilical arteries coursed around both of them. They emptied independently of each other. Postnatally the newborn had two vulvae, two anal openings, two bladders and two uteri. Copyright © 2004 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.