Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, Vol 15, Issue 11 741-746, Copyright © 1996 by American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
Prenatal diagnosis of hypospadias
D. Sides, R. B. Goldstein, L. Baskin and B. C. Kleiner
Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0738, USA.
Despite the fact that hypospadias is one of the most common congenital
abnormalities of the genitalia, it is often missed on prenatal sonograms.
In this paper, sonographic findings of six fetuses who were prospectively
suspected to have hypospadias are presented. Of the six patients, isolated
hypospadias was found in three, hypospadias with chordee in two, and
isolated chordee in one. Additional malformations were present in four of
the six fetuses. Sonographic findings of fetal hypospadias are described,
and the embryology, anatomy, and associated abnormalities are discussed.
