PMID: 2502275May 27, 1989Paper

Value of antenatal diagnosis of abnormalities of the urinary tract

BMJ : British Medical Journal
J D GreigM B McNay

Abstract

To assess the value of antenatal diagnosis of abnormalities of the urinary tract on ultrasonography. Retrospective study. Two obstetric units in Glasgow. 62 Fetuses in which renal abnormalities were diagnosed on antenatal ultrasonography. Six fetuses had their bladders aspirated to determine renal function. Fifteen pregnancies were terminated on the basis of the findings on antenatal ultrasonography, and if possible necropsy was performed on the fetuses. In babies who were born alive the final diagnosis was made by postnatal ultrasonography, intravenous urography, radionuclide scanning, cystography, and, in those who died in the early neonatal period, necropsy. Neonates who were referred with a known obstructed kidney had nephrostomy or pyeloplasty. Assessment of the value of antenatal diagnosis of renal abnormalities on ultrasonography for babies who had no clinical evidence of disease postnatally. Eighteen fetuses did not survive birth; the antenatal diagnosis was accurate in all 18. Of the 44 babies born alive, five had normal urinary tracts, in two of whom antenatal ultrasonography had probably indicated a false positive diagnosis. Fourteen babies died during the early neonatal period. Twenty five babies with renal abnormal...Continue Reading

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