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Tamura D, Narita S, Yamauchi M, Watanabe R, Yokoyama S, Kikuchi A, Shitara A, Chiba S, Saito F, Sugita A, Sato K, Karube A. Perinatal Management in a Pregnant Woman with Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: Case Report and Literature Review. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:diagnostics12040913. [PMID: 35453962 PMCID: PMC9029582 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12040913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Although giant hydronephrosis (GH) associated with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) is extremely rarely detected in pregnant women, diagnostic methods, therapeutic approaches, and perinatal management have not been established. A 31-year-old Japanese primipara had a 15 cm × 12 cm multi-cystic mass in the right abdomen detected by transabdominal ultrasound at gestational week 26. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the mass was right renal GH. She underwent serial ultrasound-guided transretroperitoneal drainage as conservative treatment. She delivered vaginally at gestational week 36. Since she had flank pain and a documented non-functional right kidney, laparoscopic nephrectomy was conducted 22 months after delivery. UPJO with fewer smooth muscle cells and fibrosis was histologically diagnosed in the surgical specimen. Her postpartum and postoperative courses were uneventful for 10 months. We performed a literature review of diagnostic methods, clinical characteristics, and perinatal management in pregnant women with GH due to UPJO.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daisuke Tamura
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (R.W.); (S.Y.); (A.S.); (F.S.); (A.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Urology, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan;
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- Department of Pathology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (M.Y.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (R.W.); (S.Y.); (A.S.); (F.S.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (R.W.); (S.Y.); (A.S.); (F.S.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Urology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (A.K.); (S.C.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (R.W.); (S.Y.); (A.S.); (F.S.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Urology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (A.K.); (S.C.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (R.W.); (S.Y.); (A.S.); (F.S.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Pathology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (M.Y.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Urology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (A.K.); (S.C.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yuri-Kumiai General Hospital, Akita 015-8511, Japan; (R.W.); (S.Y.); (A.S.); (F.S.); (A.K.)
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Ramly F, Mohamad NAN, Zahid AZM, Kasim NM, Teh KY. Adult giant hydronephrosis diagnosed in the second trimester of pregnancy: A case report and literature review. Case Rep Womens Health 2020; 29:e00275. [PMID: 33304832 PMCID: PMC7711207 DOI: 10.1016/j.crwh.2020.e00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Adult giant hydronephrosis in a normally sited kidney is unusual during pregnancy. The most frequent cause is congenital obstruction at the ureteropelvic junction. Ultrasound accompanied by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are valuable in reaching the diagnosis, especially when clinical assessment of an abdominal mass is inconclusive regarding aetiology. We report a case of giant hydronephrosis in a woman who presented at 23 weeks of gestation with abdominal distension. She was managed conservatively. Unfortunately, the pregnancy was complicated by severe pre-eclampsia at 32 weeks of gestation, necessitating delivery via emergency caesarean section. She had a smooth postpartum recovery, and subsequently standard imaging was performed before nephrectomy. The literature and previously reported cases of giant hydronephrosis in pregnancy are reviewed. Adult giant hydronephrosis is a rare differential diagnosis for abdominal mass in pregnancy. Management in pregnancy that had been attempted includes conservative, decompression procedure, stenting and nephrectomy. Timing and mode of delivery in pregnancy complicated by giant hydronephrosis is dictated by obstetrics indication.
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- Fathi Ramly
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Medical Faculty, UiTM Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
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