Fetal megalourethra associated with hypoplastic left heart and imperforate anus: a previously unreported association

• DOI: 10.1097/mcd.0b013e32827424f4
• Publication Date: 2009-03-05T02:58:53Z
• Authors: Saurabh V. Gandhi; Marta Cohen; Alan Sprigg; Lawrence Roberts; Dilly O.C. Anumba
• Keywords: Adult; Abortion, Induced; Syndrome; Stillbirth; Ultrasonography, Prenatal; 3. Good health; Anus, Imperforate; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Urethra; Pregnancy; Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome; Humans; Female

We report two cases of a fetus with a megalourethra associated with a hypoplastic left heart, dilated and echogenic bowels, vesico-colonic fistula and an imperforate anus. This combination of fetal abnormalities may represent an unclassified syndrome.