Fetal Bilateral Obstructive Uropathy: A Series of Nine Cases

Bilateral obstructive uropathy is increasingly diagnosed in early pregnancy by ultrasound examination. Termination of pregnancy presented an opportunity to study uropathy in nine cases between 18 and 24 weeks of gestation. En bloc dissection of the unrinary tract and subserial sectioning of the uret...

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Veröffentlicht in:Fetal and pediatric pathology 1995, Vol.15 (2), p.245-258
Hauptverfasser: van Velden, D. J. J., de Jong, G., van der Walt, J. J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Bilateral obstructive uropathy is increasingly diagnosed in early pregnancy by ultrasound examination. Termination of pregnancy presented an opportunity to study uropathy in nine cases between 18 and 24 weeks of gestation. En bloc dissection of the unrinary tract and subserial sectioning of the urethra revealed obstruction at the level of the membranous urethra in all cases. No structural obstruction could be demonstrated in three cases, and urethral valves caused partial obstruction in two cases. The urethra was distorted by a fibrou band in one case. In three cases overriding urethral lumens appeared to represent incomplete or faulty canalization at the angled junction of the developing posterior and anterior urethra. Urethral obstruction is considered the major etiologic factor in the development of bilateral fetal uropathy and presumably the prune-belly phenotype.
ISSN:1551-3815
1077-1042
1551-3823
DOI:10.3109/15513819509026960