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Diagnosing Neonatal Female Genital Anomalies Using Saline-Enhanced Sonography

¹ All authors: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Innsbruck, Anichstr. 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to show the usefulness of sonography in diagnosing genital anomalies early in female neonates who have unilateral renal malformations. Our patients were three female neonates with renal anomalies that had been detected in utero. We performed sonography of the inner genitalia of each girl after filling the vagina with saline solution. In two patients with multicystic dysplastic kidney disorder, the examination revealed uterus didelphys with obstruction of one of the vaginas. Sonographic examination of the third patient showed Gartner's duct cyst with renal agenesis.

CONCLUSION. The neonatal period provides a unique opportunity to use sonography to detect uterine anomalies because maternal and placental hormone stimulation increases the size of the uterus. Simultaneous intravaginal saline instillation during imaging further improves the radiologist's ability to diagnose genital malformations precisely. This procedure is a simple, sensitive, and inexpensive examination method that is useful in imaging female neonates with renal dysplasia or agenesis detected in utero or in the neonatal period. Its particular value is to further characterize a cystic mass posterior to the bladder that is seen at transabdominal sonography.

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