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Posterior urethral valves presented at birth despite normal prenatal ultrasound scans
J Moslehi1, C D Herndon, P H McKenna
1University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Urology
|May 30, 2001
Abstract:
Most patients with significant posterior urethral valves are identified antenatally. However, even with a normal antenatal ultrasound scan, posterior urethral valves may be detected after birth. We present a patient with significant upper urinary tract involvement identified 2 days after birth, despite a normal third-trimester antenatal ultrasound scan.