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Postmortem MRI of bladder agenesis

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We report a 35-week preterm neonate with bladder agenesis and bilateral dysplastic kidneys. A suprapubic catheter was inadvertently inserted into one of the larger inferior cysts of the left dysplastic kidney. A postmortem MRI scan was performed with the findings being confirmed on autopsy. We are unaware of another postmortem MRI study demonstrating bladder agenesis.

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  1. Radiology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, UK

    Melanie P. Hiorns & Kieran McHugh

  2. Department of Histopathology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Martin A. Weber

  3. Department of Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK

    Detlef Bockenhauer

  4. Radiology Department, St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17 0QT, UK

    Brendan R. Barber

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Barber, B.R., Weber, M.A., Bockenhauer, D. et al. Postmortem MRI of bladder agenesis. Pediatr Radiol 41, 110–112 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-010-1728-1

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