title: Clinical outcome of fetal uropathy. I. Predictive value of prenatal echography positive for obstructive uropathy.
abstract: Clinical followup was performed in 73 neonates with a prenatal echographic suspicion of uropathy. Of 42 patients with a prenatal suspicion of unilateral hydronephrosis only 15 had pathological obstruction and 2 had multicystic dysplastic kidneys. Among 10 infants with a prenatal suspicion of bilateral hydronephrosis only 1 had true bilateral obstruction and 2 had unilateral obstruction. In 2 patients hydroureteronephrosis seen on prenatal echography was due to massive bilateral vesicoureteral reflux. In this group there was also a multicystic dysplastic kidney and 1 patient with bilateral cystic dysplasia. There was a prenatal suspicion of cystic disease in 8 infants. Postnatally, diagnosis was multicystic dysplastic kidney in 2 patients and a simple renal cyst in 4. The remaining 2 neonates had obstructive uropathy. Finally, of 13 neonates with a prenatal suspicion of anatomical-echo-structural abnormalities a definitive abnormality could be established in only 8. The predictive value of prenatal echography positive for obstructive uropathy was 34.6%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Istituto per l'Infanzia Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paduano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Giglio
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bembi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peratoner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Ottavio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benussi
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal