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Fetal hydrometrocolpos and congenital imperforate hymen: Prenatal and postnatal imaging features

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Congenital imperforate hymen is probably the most common obstructive anomaly of the female reproductive tract. The accumulation of fluid in the genital tract leads to a distended uterus and vagina,… Click to show full abstract

Congenital imperforate hymen is probably the most common obstructive anomaly of the female reproductive tract. The accumulation of fluid in the genital tract leads to a distended uterus and vagina, causing hydrometrocolpos. Prenatal diagnosis of fetal hydrometrocolpos is uncommon, with only 22 cases reported in the literature and only a few cases of prenatal imaging of this condition available to date. The main ultrasound finding is a fetal pelvic mass posterior to the bladder and anterior to the rectum. We present the case of a 37‐week female fetus with a fetal pelvic mass detected in a routine obstetric ultrasound examination, and the correlation between the prenatal and postnatal findings.

Keywords: fetal hydrometrocolpos; hydrometrocolpos congenital; hymen prenatal; congenital imperforate; imperforate hymen; prenatal postnatal

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Year Published: 2018

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