Antenatal hydronephrosis

Curr Urol Rep. 2009 Mar;10(2):126-33. doi: 10.1007/s11934-009-0023-x.

Abstract

The diagnosis, workup, and management of prenatal hydronephrosis have undergone a swing from preemptive surgical treatment to a more conservative approach as the natural history of the differential diagnoses becomes more appreciated. We examine different radiologic tests for determining the diagnoses associated with antenatal hydronephrosis. A review of the more common differential diagnoses of prenatal hydronephrosis and current treatment options for ureteropelvic junction obstruction, vesicoureteral reflux, ureteroceles, ectopic ureters, and megaureters is undertaken.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Fetal Diseases / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Hydronephrosis / diagnosis*
  • Hydronephrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Hydronephrosis / physiopathology
  • Hydronephrosis / therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal
  • Ureter / abnormalities
  • Ureteral Obstruction / therapy
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / diagnosis
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / therapy