...Vanessa El-Achi; Aniruddh Deshpande; Fergus Scott; Maria-Elisabeth Smet Background: Foetal megacystis is the enlargement of the foetal bladder seen on prenatal ultrasound. Diagnosing the underlying cause of foetal megacystis in the antenatal period is often challenging due to the many possible...

... from those theoretically not eligible for fetal treatment because of complex megacystis, high chance of spontaneous resolution, and urethral atresia. Methods: A retrospective national study was conducted in fetuses with megacystis detected before 17 weeks’ gestation (early megacystis). Results...

...Anne-Claude Müller Brochut; Daniel Thomann; Wolfram Kluwe; Edoardo Di Naro; Anette Kuhn; Luigi Raio Objectives: Megacystis (MC) is rare and often associated with other structural and chromosomal anomalies. In euploid cases with early oligohydramnios, prognosis is poor mainly due to pulmonary...

..., only two variables were identified as independent predictors of fetal urethral obstruction: oligohydramnios (odds ratio, OR = 5, 95% confidence interval, CI, = 1.3–15, p = 0.01) and megacystis (OR = 9, 95% CI = 2.0–40, p = 0.004). The sensitivity and specificity of the combination of both variables...

...Chih-Ping Chen; Wayseen Wang; Shuan-Pei Lin; Jin-Cherng Sheu; Jeng-Daw Tsai We report the perinatal findings in a male fetus with congenital megacystis and anorectal malformations. A 17-year-old primipara was referred to our department at 13 weeks of gestation for management of a 4.6 × 3.8 cm...

...Jodi F. Abbott; Deborah Levine; Ronald Wapner This study was undertaken to determine the specificity of prenatal diagnosis of posterior urethral valves. Twenty-two fetuses were diagnosed in utero with posterior urethral valves due to the presence of persistent megacystis and hydronephrosis. Ten...