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fetal lower urinary tract obstruction
Thursday 26 October 2006
Fetal urinary tract obstruction (UTO) is defined as partial or complete obstruction of any portion of the urinary tract from the kidney to the urethra (one or both ureters, the bladder neck, the urethra or urethral meatus, dilatation of one or both ureters, hydronephrosis, hydroureter, hypoplastic ureter, megaloureter, obstruction of the ureteropelvic junction (UPJ), the ureterovesical junction (UVJ), or the vesicourethral junction (VUJ)).
The definition excludes conditions that result in dilatation of the urinary tract secondary to neurogenic etiologies.
Types
urinary tract atresia
urinary tract stenosis
urinary tract stricture
urinary tract occlusion
posterior urethral valves
anterior urethral valves
urethral valves
