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Urethral atresia, female

MedGen UID:
871393
Concept ID:
C4025890
Congenital Abnormality
HPO: HP:0000067

Definition

Congenital anomaly characterized by closure or failure to develop an opening in the urethra in females. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Capone V, Persico N, Berrettini A, Decramer S, De Marco EA, De Palma D, Familiari A, Feitz W, Herthelius M, Kazlauskas V, Liebau M, Manzoni G, Maternik M, Mosiello G, Schanstra JP, Vande Walle J, Wühl E, Ylinen E, Zurowska A, Schaefer F, Montini G
Nat Rev Urol 2022 May;19(5):295-303. Epub 2022 Feb 8 doi: 10.1038/s41585-022-00563-8. PMID: 35136187
Farrugia MK
Early Hum Dev 2020 Nov;150:105189. Epub 2020 Sep 10 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105189. PMID: 32978001
Michels TC, Sands JE
Am Fam Physician 2015 Nov 1;92(9):778-86. PMID: 26554471

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Flores-Torres J, Sanchez-Valle A, Duncan JR, Panzarino V, Rodriguez JM, Kirby RS
Adv Pediatr 2023 Aug;70(1):131-144. Epub 2023 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2023.03.001. PMID: 37422291
Capone V, Persico N, Berrettini A, Decramer S, De Marco EA, De Palma D, Familiari A, Feitz W, Herthelius M, Kazlauskas V, Liebau M, Manzoni G, Maternik M, Mosiello G, Schanstra JP, Vande Walle J, Wühl E, Ylinen E, Zurowska A, Schaefer F, Montini G
Nat Rev Urol 2022 May;19(5):295-303. Epub 2022 Feb 8 doi: 10.1038/s41585-022-00563-8. PMID: 35136187
Michels TC, Sands JE
Am Fam Physician 2015 Nov 1;92(9):778-86. PMID: 26554471
Schwartz BF, Stoller ML
Urol Clin North Am 2000 May;27(2):333-46. doi: 10.1016/s0094-0143(05)70262-7. PMID: 10778475
Peña A
Semin Pediatr Surg 1995 Feb;4(1):35-47. PMID: 7728507

Diagnosis

Flores-Torres J, Sanchez-Valle A, Duncan JR, Panzarino V, Rodriguez JM, Kirby RS
Adv Pediatr 2023 Aug;70(1):131-144. Epub 2023 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2023.03.001. PMID: 37422291
Michels TC, Sands JE
Am Fam Physician 2015 Nov 1;92(9):778-86. PMID: 26554471
Piepsz A
Semin Nucl Med 2007 Jul;37(4):249-60. doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2007.02.008. PMID: 17544625
Manzoni C, Valentini AL
Rays 2002 Apr-Jun;27(2):131-4. PMID: 12696266
Edwards LE
Practitioner 1975 Jan;214(1279):46-55. PMID: 1096112

Therapy

Capone V, Persico N, Berrettini A, Decramer S, De Marco EA, De Palma D, Familiari A, Feitz W, Herthelius M, Kazlauskas V, Liebau M, Manzoni G, Maternik M, Mosiello G, Schanstra JP, Vande Walle J, Wühl E, Ylinen E, Zurowska A, Schaefer F, Montini G
Nat Rev Urol 2022 May;19(5):295-303. Epub 2022 Feb 8 doi: 10.1038/s41585-022-00563-8. PMID: 35136187
Cheung KW, Morris RK, Kilby MD
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2019 Jul;58:78-92. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.01.003. PMID: 30819578
Kaplan GW
Curr Opin Urol 2012 Nov;22(6):462-6. doi: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328357bc78. PMID: 22918037
Schwartz BF, Stoller ML
Urol Clin North Am 2000 May;27(2):333-46. doi: 10.1016/s0094-0143(05)70262-7. PMID: 10778475
Edwards LE
Practitioner 1975 Jan;214(1279):46-55. PMID: 1096112

Prognosis

Lombel RM, Brakeman PR, Sack BS, Butani L
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2022 May;29(3):308-317. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2022.02.006. PMID: 36084977
Capone V, Persico N, Berrettini A, Decramer S, De Marco EA, De Palma D, Familiari A, Feitz W, Herthelius M, Kazlauskas V, Liebau M, Manzoni G, Maternik M, Mosiello G, Schanstra JP, Vande Walle J, Wühl E, Ylinen E, Zurowska A, Schaefer F, Montini G
Nat Rev Urol 2022 May;19(5):295-303. Epub 2022 Feb 8 doi: 10.1038/s41585-022-00563-8. PMID: 35136187
Lakhoo J, Khatri G, Elsayed RF, Chernyak V, Olpin J, Steiner A, Tammisetti VS, Sundaram KM, Arora SS
Radiographics 2019 Nov-Dec;39(7):2003-2022. doi: 10.1148/rg.2019190064. PMID: 31697623
Cheung KW, Morris RK, Kilby MD
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2019 Jul;58:78-92. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.01.003. PMID: 30819578
Ebert AK, Reutter H, Ludwig M, Rösch WH
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Oct 30;4:23. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-23. PMID: 19878548Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Pathak M, Saxena AK
J Pediatr Urol 2022 Apr;18(2):142-149. Epub 2022 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.12.014. PMID: 35101384
Cunha GR, Li Y, Mei C, Derpinghaus A, Baskin LS
Differentiation 2021 Mar-Apr;118:107-131. Epub 2020 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.diff.2020.10.001. PMID: 33176961Free PMC Article
Farrugia MK
Early Hum Dev 2020 Nov;150:105189. Epub 2020 Sep 10 doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2020.105189. PMID: 32978001
Lakhoo J, Khatri G, Elsayed RF, Chernyak V, Olpin J, Steiner A, Tammisetti VS, Sundaram KM, Arora SS
Radiographics 2019 Nov-Dec;39(7):2003-2022. doi: 10.1148/rg.2019190064. PMID: 31697623
Cheung KW, Morris RK, Kilby MD
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2019 Jul;58:78-92. Epub 2019 Jan 11 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2019.01.003. PMID: 30819578

Recent systematic reviews

Pathak M, Saxena AK
Pediatr Surg Int 2020 Nov;36(11):1299-1307. Epub 2020 Sep 26 doi: 10.1007/s00383-020-04748-3. PMID: 32980932
Taghavi K, Sharpe C, Stringer MD
J Pediatr Urol 2017 Feb;13(1):7-15. Epub 2016 Oct 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2016.09.003. PMID: 27889224
Moaddab A, Sananes N, Hernandez-Ruano S, Werneck Britto IS, Blumenfeld Y, Stoll F, Favre R, Ruano R
J Ultrasound Med 2015 Nov;34(11):2057-64. Epub 2015 Oct 7 doi: 10.7863/ultra.14.12064. PMID: 26446816
Versteegh HP, Sutcliffe JR, Sloots CE, Wijnen RM, de Blaauw I
Tech Coloproctol 2015 Apr;19(4):201-7. Epub 2015 Feb 22 doi: 10.1007/s10151-015-1265-x. PMID: 25702171Free PMC Article
Tonni G, Vito I, Ventura A, Grisolia G, De Felice C
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2013 Feb;287(2):187-94. Epub 2012 Nov 9 doi: 10.1007/s00404-012-2615-9. PMID: 23138754

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