title: Fetal urinoma as a sign of a dysplastic kidney.
abstract: We describe a female neonate in whom a urinoma was first diagnosed at 20 weeks of gestation without any evidence of underlying urinary tract obstruction. The urinoma became apparent following the performance of a "bloody tap" amniocentesis. Sequential ultrasonography, both fetal and up to 3 months after birth, showed eventual resorption of the urinoma in parallel with the development of a shrunken, non-functioning kidney. Except for the onset of high-renin hypertension, which spontaneously remitted at 1 year of age, the baby's postnatal course was uneventful. Renal function was normal. The presence of a fetal urinoma as a sign of a dysplastic kidney is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Pediatric Nephrology, Meir Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar-Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Ze'ev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Korzets
authors.forename: Yair
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Blumenfeld
authors.forename: Meir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pomeranz
authors.forename: Ram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aviram
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rathaus
authors.forename: Avishalom
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pomeranz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000649:Amniocentesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal