title: Pre- and postnatal imaging of a girl with a cloacal variant.
abstract: We describe the prenatal MR findings in a 29-week fetus with a cloacal variant (urogenital sinus and anterior placed anus) in combination with an enlarged clitoris and urethral duplication and correlate them with postnatal imaging. Fetal MR imaging permits the diagnosis and characterization of cloacal and urogenital sinus malformations in utero. This information may guide pre-, peri- and postnatal management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesstr. 75, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland. thierry.huisman@kispi.unizh.ch
authors.forename: Thierry A G M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Hoef
authors.forename: Ulrich V
authors.initials: UV
authors.lastname: Willi
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gobet
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Lebowitz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002988:Cloaca / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery