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Prenatal diagnosis of fetal urinary ascites
D Bettelheim1, W Pumberger, J Deutinger
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy, University Hospital of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
We report on a rare in utero appearance of the rupture of the fetal bladder caused by low urinary tract obstruction with subsequent urinary ascites. The findings on prenatal sonography, postnatal X-ray examinations and postnatal surgical treatment are described and the literature is reviewed.