title: Fetal bladder rupture due to anteriorurethral valves.
abstract: A rupture of the fetal bladder that resulted in urinary ascites has rarely been reported in published studies. We present the first case of a spontaneous rupture of the fetal bladder, due to an anterior urethral valve, in which the diagnosis was suspected prenatally by means of Doppler ultrasonography and was confirmed postnatally.
authors.affiliation: Département de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Université de la Méditérranée, Hôpital Nord, AP-HM Nord, Hôpital Mère-Enfants, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Merrot
authors.forename: Kathia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaumoître
authors.forename: Raha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shojai
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Ercole
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alessandrini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*