title: Postmortem MRI of bladder agenesis.
abstract: We report a 35-week preterm neonate with bladder agenesis and bilateral dysplastic kidneys. A suprapubic catheter was inadvertently inserted into one of the larger inferior cysts of the left dysplastic kidney. A postmortem MRI scan was performed with the findings being confirmed on autopsy. We are unaware of another postmortem MRI study demonstrating bladder agenesis.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17 0QT, UK. bbarber3000@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Brendan R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: Martin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Detlef
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bockenhauer
authors.forename: Melanie P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Hiorns
authors.forename: Kieran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McHugh
mesh_terms: D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*