Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 53-55, March 2006

Prenatal Sonographic Features of Hypospadia: Two- and Three-Dimensional Findings

  • Kung-Hong Fang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Joung-Liang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Guang-Perng Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pan-Hsin Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jui-Chang Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Charles Tsung-Che Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Charles Tsung-Che Hsieh, Director of Fetal Ultrasound, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Changhua Christian Hospital, 135 Nanhsiao Street, Changhua 500, Taiwan

Received 1 July 2005; received in revised form 6 July 2005; accepted 7 July 2005.

Article Outline

Summary 

Objective

To present our experience of applying three-dimensional ultrasonography in prenatal diagnosis of hypospadia.

Case Report

A 28-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 0, visited our hospital at 17 weeks' gestation. No gross anomaly was found on the scan at 21 weeks' gestation. Fetal growth was appropriate for gestational age on two-dimensional (2D) ultrasonography at 27 weeks' gestation, but an abnormally curved and shortened fetal penis was found incidentally. Three-dimensional (3D) imaging in surface-rendered mode was used to reconstruct the fetal penis. Multiplanar and surface-rendered images were obtained in the midsagittal, axial, and coronal planes to precisely delineate the ventral curvature of the penis. At 39 weeks' gestation, a term newborn was delivered by vacuum extraction. On examination, the fetus was confirmed to have hypospadia. Karyotyping revealed 46,XY.

Conclusion

2D ultrasonography could only give indirect clues of hypospadia that was later more precisely delineated by 3D ultrsonography in surface-rendered mode.

Key Words:  hypospadia , surface-rendered mode , three-dimensional ultrasonography

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60191-1

doi:10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60191-1

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 53-55, March 2006

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