Case report
ULTRASOUND FINDING OF THE »TULIP SIGN« IN A FETUS WITH ARNOLD-CHIARY II MALFORMATION AND ASSOCIATED NEUROGENIC INCONTINENCE
Vesna Harni
; Poliklinika Harni
Gordan Zlopaša
; Klinika za ženske bolesti i porode KBC-a Zagreb, Zavod za perinatalnu medicinu
Abstract
Ultrasound finding of the ’tulip sign’ has been described as »unique sonographic picture of hypospadias«. In some special conditions, if a fetus with spina bifida or a complex malformation which includes spina bifida, sits in breech presentation, this finding could indicate a neurogenic incontinence, like in our case. The autors assumed that in this case, the ventral flexion of the penis was the result of the neurogenically induced atonia of the penis and the gravitational force.
Keywords
’tulip sign’; hypospadia; Arnold-Chiary II malformation; neurogenic incontinence
Hrčak ID:
68441
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2010.
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