Persistent cloaca presenting with a perineal cyst: Prenatal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 190-193

  Chen, Chih Ping ^a,b,c,d,e   Chang, Tung Yao ^f   Hsu, Chin Yuan ^a   Liu, Yu Peng ^a,g   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^c,h   Wu, Pei Chen ^a   Wang, Wayseen ^a,i  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^f Taiji Fetal Medicine Center   (Taiwan)

^g NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^h CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

MRI; Perineal cyst; Persistent cloaca; Prenatal diagnosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CLITORIS; CLOACA; COLON; CYST; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HYDROCOLPOS; KARYOTYPE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEUM CYST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND; URETHRA; VAGINA;

ADULT; CLOACA; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84862794937     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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