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PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES IN SIBLINGS
Author(s) -
Crankson Stanley,
Ahmed Saeed
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00063.x
Subject(s) - medicine , oligohydramnios , obstructive uropathy , prenatal diagnosis , ultrasonography , fetus , surgery , posterior urethral valve , pregnancy , urinary system , anatomy , genetics , biology
Posterior urethral valves are an important cause of obstructive uropathy in the newborn. The diagnosis may be suspected on prenatal ultrasonography, the consistent finding being bilateral ureterohydronephrosis together with a thick‐walled, persistently full bladder in a male fetus. There may also be variable degrees of oligohydramnios. This paper reports the case of siblings in whom posterior urethral valves were recognized prenatally. The first child progressed well after appropriate surgical management, but the second died within 24 h of birth.