Anterior Urethral Valves-An Unusual Cause of Hydrops Fetalis

Anterior urethral valves--a rare cause of urethral obstruction.

Anterior urethral valves is a very rare congenital anomaly of the anterior urethra. It produces symptoms of varied intensity with the most severe ones leading to Urosepsis and renal failure (similar to as in posterior urethral valves) to the milder ones which may not produce any obstruction at all. However unlike the Posterior urethral valves this anomaly has milder and reversible sequelae in m...

[Anterior urethral valves].

OBJECTIVE To discuss clinical signs, diagnostic tools and therapeutics of anterior urethral valves, an obstructive anomaly of the urinary system in males. DESCRIPTION Signs of urinary tract obstruction were identified on pre-natal ultrasound in two male fetuses and the diagnosis of anterior urethral valves was made through post-natal evaluation. As an initial treatment, vesicostomy was perfor...

Mesalazine as a cause of fetal anemia and hydrops fetalis

RATIONALE Mesalazine and its prodrug sulfasalazine are both used for inflammatory bowel disease. Sulfasalazine has been associated with hematological side-effects such as aplastic and hemolytic anemia in patients, but also in fetuses after intrauterine exposure. To our knowledge, we describe the first case of a fetus with severe anemia, and subsequent hydrops, where this drug was found at conce...

Aetiology of hydrops fetalis.

These 2 cases provide additional examples of HUS occurring in sibs after a long interval. The family resided in New York City, which is not considered as an endemic area for HUS, and the clinical course of the disease in both infants was almost identical, culminating in early death. The aetiology of HUS may indeed be multiple, and the genetic basis for a significant proportion of cases does not...

[Non-immunologic hydrops fetalis].