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. 2013 Jun;39(2):96-100.
doi: 10.5152/tud.2013.016.

Fetal urinoma and prenatal hydronephrosis: how is renal function affected?

Tayfun Oktar  1 , Emre Salabaş  1 , İbrahim Kalelioğlu  2 , Arda Atar  1 , Haluk Ander  1 , Orhan Ziylan  1 , Recep Has  2 , Atıl Yüksel  2
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Fetal urinoma and prenatal hydronephrosis: how is renal function affected?

Tayfun Oktar et al. Turk J Urol. 2013 Jun.

Abstract

Objective: In our study, the functional prognosis of kidneys with prenatal urinomas were investigated.

Material and methods: Between 2006 and 2010, fetal urinomas were detected in 19 fetuses using prenatal ultrasonography (US), and the medical records were reviewed retrospectively. Of the 19 cases, the follow-up data were available for 10 fetuses. The gestational age at diagnosis, prognosis of urinomas, clinical course and renal functions were recorded. Postnatal renal functions were assessed with renal scintigraphy.

Results: Unilateral urinomas and increased parenchyma echogenicity in the ipsilateral kidney were detected in all of the fetuses. Of the 10 fetuses with follow-up data, the option of termination was offered in 6 cases of anhydramnios, including 3 cases with signs of infravesical obstruction (a possible posterior urethral valve (PUV) and poor prognostic factors and 3 cases with unilateral hydronephrosis and increased echogenicity in the contralateral kidney. Only one family agreed the termination. The other 5 fetuses died during the early postnatal period. The average postnatal follow-up period in the 4 surviving fetuses was 22.5 months (8-38 months). One patient with a PUV underwent ablation surgery during the early postnatal period. In the postnatal period, none of the 4 kidneys that were ipsilateral to the urinoma were functional on scintigraphic evaluation. The urinomas disappeared in 3 cases. Nephrectomy was performed in one case due to recurrent urinary tract infections.

Conclusion: In our study, no function was detected in the ipsilateral kidney of surviving patients with urinomas. Upper urinary tract dilatation accompanied by a urinoma is a poor prognostic factor for renal function.

Keywords: Fetal urinoma; prenatal hydronephrosis; renal function.

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