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Prenatal diagnosis of hypospadias.
Author(s) -
Sides D,
Goldstein R B,
Baskin L,
Kleiner B C
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1996.15.11.741
Subject(s) - hypospadias , chordee , medicine , fetus , external genitalia , prenatal diagnosis , embryology , congenital malformations , obstetrics , pregnancy , surgery , anatomy , urethra , urethroplasty , biology , genetics
Despite the fact that hypospadias is one of the most common congenital abnormalities of the genitalia, it is often missed on prenatal sonograms. In this paper, sonographic findings of six fetuses who were prospectively suspected to have hypospadias are presented. Of the six patients, isolated hypospadias was found in three, hypospadias with chordee in two, and isolated chordee in one. Additional malformations were present in four of the six fetuses. Sonographic findings of fetal hypospadias are described, and the embryology, anatomy, and associated abnormalities are discussed.