Fetal megacystis: Differential diagnosis

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 833-841

  Osborne, Newton G ^a   Bonilla Musoles, Fernando ^b   Machado, Luiz Eduardo ^c   Raga, Francisco ^b   Bonilla Jr , Francisco ^b   Ruiz, Fernando ^b   Guardia, Carla M Pérez ^a   Ahluwalia, Balwant ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Intro Centro de Treinamento por la Imagem   (Brazil)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Megacystis; Megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome; Posterior urethral valves; Prune belly syndrome; Urethral atresia

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MEGACYSTIS; MEGACYSTIS-MICROCOLON-INTESTINAL HYPOPERISTALSIS SYNDROME; POSTERIOR URETHRAL VALVES; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; URETHRAL ATRESIA;

DIAGNOSIS;

ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUODENUM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 79957934131     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2011.30.6.833     Document Type: Article

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