The role of the three-dimensional ultrasound in the diagnosis presentation of the primary

Yıl 2010, Cilt: 41 Sayı: 4, 195 - 198, 01.05.2010

Kahraman Ülker İsmail Temur Mehmet Karaca Kürşat Çeçen Abdülaziz Gül

Öz

Ureters more than 7 mm in diameter are called megaureters. Most of the patients have an abnormal finding on routine prenatal ultrasound and it is possible to identify the fetuses having the increased risk of developing urinary pathologies. Urinary tract infection, abdominal pain, abdominal mass, and hematuria are the general observed signs of the entity. The prenatal diagnosis of the primary megaureter is generally possible by using the conventional two-dimensional ultrasound. However, in some cases the nearby fluidfilled intestines may obscure the dilated ureters and cause misdiagnosis. In this condition, three-dimensional ultrasound may help to clarify the pathology. In this report, we present a case of primary megaureter. We could have the final diagnosis by using the three dimensional ultrasound.

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Üç boyutlu ultrasonografinin primer megaureter tanı ve sunumdaki yeri

Öz

Üreterlerin çapının 7mm'yi aşması megaureter olarak adlandırılır. Hastaların pek çoğunda prenatal anormal bulgu vardır ve üriner patoloji gelişebilecek fetüsleri ayırtetmek mümkündür. Üriner sistem enfeksiyonları, karın ağrısı, karında kitle ve hematüri antitenin görülen genel bulgularıdır. Magaureterin prenatal tanısı konvansiyonel iki boyutlu ultrasonografi kullanılması ile genellikle mümkündür. Ama bazı olgularda yakındaki sıvı içerikli barsaklar genişlemiş ureterleri maskeleyebilir ve yanlış tanılara sebep olabilir. Bu durumlarda üç boyutlu ultrasonografi patolojinin aydınlatılmasında yardımcı olabilir. Bu yazıda bir primer megaureter olgusu sunuyoruz. Olguda üç boyutlu ultrasonografi kullanılarak kesin tanı konulabilmiştir.

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