Prenatal Diagnosis of Crossed Ectopic Multicystic Kidney

Ayala Maayan; Reuven Mashiach; Oded J. Kessler; Israel Meizner; Paul Merlob

doi:10.1055/s-2007-994073

American Journal of Perinatology, Table of Contents

Am J Perinatol 1998; 15(8): 499-502
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-994073

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Prenatal Diagnosis of Crossed Ectopic Multicystic Kidney

Ayala Maayan¹ , Reuven Mashiach² , Oded J. Kessler³ , Israel Meizner² , Paul Merlob¹

¹Department of Neonatology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus and Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
²Department of Ultrasonography, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus and Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
³Department of Pediatric Urology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus and Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The combination of multicystic kidney and crossed ectopia is very rare. In most of the affected children, diagnosis has been made postnatally by ultrasonographic examination to evaluate a palpated abdominal mass. We describe the third male newborn reported in the literature with a prenatally diagnosed crossed ectopic multicystic dys-plastic kidney. As with isolated multicystic kidney, crossed ectopic multicystic kidney should be followed closely after birth by repeated ultrasound for spontaneous regression. Only in cases of anomalies of the contralateral (uncrossed) kidney should the question of surgical intervention be raised.

Keywords

Multicystic kidney - crossed ectopic kidney

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