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Prenatal pelvic MRI: additional clues for assessment of urogenital obstructive anomalies.

Carmen Capito1, Nadia Belarbi2, Annabel Paye Jaouen3, Juliane Leger4, Jean-Claude Carel5, Jean-François Oury6, Guy Sebag7, Alaa El-Ghoneimi8.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Ultrasound prenatal evaluation of pelvic cystic mass can be challenging. After having ruled out a cloaca anterior to a large hydrocolpos, it is important to differentiate between combined urogenital anomalies such as urogenital sinus and isolated genital anomalies. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We reviewed the charts of 13 women referred for a third trimester pelvic MRI for cystic pelvic mass discovered in second trimester ultrasound. We evaluated MRI compared with postnatal surgical findings in order to determine clues for improving prenatal diagnoses.
RESULTS: MRI excluded the diagnosis of cloacal malformation in nine cases with no false negative. Once a cloaca is ruled out, a different signal between the bladder and the hydrocolpos on T2 sequences is in favor of an isolated genital obstruction. In contrast, in case of urogenital sinus, the vagina is filled with a mixture of genital secretions and urine, which gives it an MRI signal similar to the bladder on T2 sequences.
CONCLUSION: Third trimester fetal MRI is an essential exam for characterization of pelvic cystic mass diagnosed by ultrasound. This exam appears valuable for invalidating the diagnosis of cloacal malformation and for differentiating between isolated genital obstruction and urogenital sinus.
Copyright © 2013 Journal of Pediatric Urology Company. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Cloacal malformation; Imperforate hymen; Prenatal imaging studies; Urogenital sinus

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Year:  2013        PMID: 24054781     DOI: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2013.07.020

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Pediatr Urol        ISSN: 1477-5131            Impact factor:   1.830


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1.  Prenatal imaging of anorectal malformations - 10-year experience at a tertiary center in Switzerland.

Authors:  Lysiane Rohrer; Yvan Vial; Carole Gengler; Estelle Tenisch; Leonor Alamo
Journal:  Pediatr Radiol       Date:  2019-09-03

2.  Persistent cloaca with fetal ascites: clinical features and perinatal management.

Authors:  Taku Yamamichi; Takaaki Sakai; Mina Yoshida; Keita Takayama; Naoko Uga; Satoshi Umeda; Shohei Maekawa; Noriaki Usui
Journal:  Pediatr Surg Int       Date:  2022-09-02       Impact factor: 2.003

3.  Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging for the detection of fetal anomalies: a blinded case-control study.

Authors:  L F Gonçalves; W Lee; S Mody; A Shetty; H Sangi-Haghpeykar; R Romero
Journal:  Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol       Date:  2016-07-10       Impact factor: 7.299

Review 4.  Cloacal malformation: A rare case report and review of prenatal imagings.

Authors:  Ge Huang; Chang-Jun Zheng; Guang-Yu Chu; Shu-Yan Liu
Journal:  Medicine (Baltimore)       Date:  2020-10-16       Impact factor: 1.817

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