Pediatrics & Therapeutics

Pediatrics & Therapeutics
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Clinical image - (2016) Volume 6, Issue 3

Fetal Megacystis

Maria G. Trevino Alanis1, Areli S. Lopez Sanchez1, Aaron A. Morin Juarez1, Hector R. Martinez Menchaca2 and Gerardo Rivera Silva1*
1Department of Basic Sciences, University of Monterrey, Mexico
2Department of Orthodontics, Pediatric Dentistry and Special Care, University of Louisville, USA
*Corresponding Author: Gerardo Rivera Silva, Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of Monterrey, Av. Ignacio Morones Prieto 4500, Pte, San Pedro Garza García, NL, Mexico, Tel: +52 (81) 8215-1451 Email:

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Figure 1: Diagnosis of fetal megacystis by ultrasonography.

Mrs. LAL, 29 years old, G1P0A0, with gestational age of 15 weeks, with singleton pregnancy in breech presentation, slow movement just one time and heart rate of 158 -167 beats per minute. Her ultrasonography showed a gestational age by fetal body measurements of 15.4 weeks with a fetal weight of 123 grams. Furthermore, oligohydramnios, incipient renal pyelectasis, and megacystis with a volume of 10 cc (Figure 1). The diagnosis of fetal megacystis was confirmed. The patient was treated with intrauterine surgical correction with resolution of this malformation.

Citation: Trevino Alanis MG, Lopez Sanchez AS, Morin Juarez AA, Martinez Menchaca HR, Silva GR(2016) Fetal Megacystis. Pediatr Ther 6: i116.

Copyright: © 2016 Trevino-Alanis MG, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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