Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of cloacal exstrophy associated with myelocystocele complex by the 'elephant trunk-like' image and review of the literature

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 394-397

  Della Monica, Matteo ^a   Nazzaro, Alfredo ^a   Lonardo, Fortunato ^a   Ferrara, Gerardo ^a   Di Blasi, Arturo ^a   Scarano, Gioacchino ^a  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cloacal exstrophy; Elephant trunk like image; Myelocystocele complex; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLADDER MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLOACA; CLOACA EXSTROPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; LARGE INTESTINE DISEASE; MALE; MYELOCYSTOCELE COMPLEX; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OMPHALOCELE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; UMBILICAL CORD; URETER MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; BLADDER EXSTROPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 20444497214     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1146     Document Type: Review

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