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High Frequency Ultrasound for the Analysis of Fetal and Placental Development In Vivo
Published on: November 8, 2018
Fetal hydrometrocolpos: Challenges of prenatal differential diagnosis on ultrasound
Lütfiye Uygur1, Oya Demirci1, Ayşenur Celayir2
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Perinatology, Zeynep Kamil Women and Children's Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract:
Hydrometrocolpos is a pelvic cystic mass representing the distension of the vagina and uterus due to a lower genital tract obstruction causing accumulation of utero-cervical-vaginal secretions or urine in the vagina and endometrial cavity. Prenatal diagnosis is uncommon and differential diagnosis of the underlying etiologies is quite challenging in the prenatal period. We present three cases of female fetuses with hydrometrocolpos and discuss the prenatal differential diagnoses in the light of ultrasound findings along with postnatal diagnoses and outcomes.

