Introduction: Cloacal malformation is an extremely rare fetal pathological condition but an important anomaly that presents as a variety of defects. It predominantly affects females, with prevalence of 1 in 50,000 births. Prenatal ultrasonography usually showed oligohydramnios and the fetus having a large cystic mass in the lower abdomen with a single septum, bilateral hydronephrosis, ambig...

Background: Antenatal hydronephrosis is known to be associated with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). However, the incidence of VUR in postnatally diagnosed hydronephrosis is unknown. Hypothesis: The prevalence of VUR is increased in infants diagnosed with hydronephrosis on postnatal ultrasonography. Methods: Infants admitted to our NICU between January 1998 and September 2007 and diagnosed with hyd...

Two children born with birth defects after intrauterine exposure to valproic acid are reported. The mothers took the drug throughout pregnancy as sole treatment for primary generalized epilepsy. The first baby showed facial dysmorphism, arachnodactyly and triphalangeal thumbs. The second had facial dysmorphism, severe laryngeal hypoplasia, tracheomalacia and an aberrant innominate artery that c...

Results Fetal abnormalities were observed in 45 (3. 7 %) of the cases. We were able to diagnose all the cases of hydrocephalus and ventriculomegaly, cranial menigocele, spina bifida, cleft lip and palate, micrognathia, cyst of lacrimal duct, hydronephrosis, renal agenesis simple renal cyst, clubhands, talipes, polydactyly, rib agenesis, diaphragmatic hernia, CCAM, atrial and atrioventricular se...

INTRODUCTION We aimed to evaluate the local incidences of hydronephrosis and renal impairment in the presence of severe uterovaginal or vault prolapse, and determine whether treatment by surgery or ring pessary resulted in the resolution of hydronephrosis in these patients. METHODS This was a retrospective case study of 121 patients who presented with severe uterovaginal or vault prolapse. Al...