Lesson 19b: Fetal Genitourinary System Flashcards
Urinary tract anomalies tend to show a predominance in this sex:
Male
Polycystic kidneys and horseshoe kidney has a predominance in this sex:
Male
In the first trimester the kidneys appear ___________ to the surrounding tissue
Isoechoic
What week is kidney evaluation optimal?
Week 20
(due to corticomedullary differentiation)
What week can the kidneys be easily identified and thoroughly evaluated in 95% of patients?
Week 22
In week 20, kidneys measure about _____cm.
2
By full term, kidneys measure nearly ____cm.
4
What can you use to help visualizer kidneys?
Colour and/or Power Doppler to see renal arteries
The bladder can be seen as early as week _____.
11
The bladder can definitely be seen by week _____.
13
Fetal voiding excludes the possibility of: ________ _________ ____________.
Bladder Outlet Obstruction
The fetal bladder fills and voids about ________ per _______.
Once per hour
Bilateral renal dysfunction or agenesis and bilateral renal or ureteral obstruction can be ruled out by seeing the bladder _______.
Fill
True or False: Amniotic fluid seen has a direct correlation to renal function
TRUE
When does fetal urinary production begin?
When does it increase considerably?
When does urine make up about 90% of amniotic fluid?
9 Weeks
16 Weeks
20 Weeks
We may suspect a malfunctioning urinary system if we see oligohydraminos after week ______.
16
True or False: Unilateral renal agenesis is uncommon
False
(Unilateral is common, Bilateral is uncommon)
Unilateral renal agenesis is often correlated with contralateral kidney anomalies such as ______ obstruction and ______ reflux .
UPJ: Ureteropelivc Junction obstruction
VUR: Vesicoureteral reflux
True or False: In cases of unilateral renal agenesis, the existing kidney is usually small.
False: it is usually larger and hypertrophic to compensate
True or False: Unilateral agenesis affects the amount of amniotic fluid produced
False: No change occurs
Bilateral renal agenesis causes ____________, and an empty bladder from ______ weeks onward.
Anhydraminos
16
True or False: A fetus can live with bilateral renal agensis
False: incompatible with life
What is renal ectopia?
Kidney lies outside of renal fossa
How do ecotpic kidneys differ in size?
Smaller than usual and irregular shaped