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. 2021 Sep 7;16(9):e0255890. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255890

Table 3. Antenatal and postnatal characteristics of fetuses according to neonatal outcome.

COMPLEMENTARY EXAMS All cases of megacystis Bladder size
< 12.5 mm >12.5 mm
n = 75 (100%) n = 14 n = 61
Karyotype
    Normal 64 (87.6) 13 (10.9) 44 (43.8)
    Abnormal 9 (12.3) 1 (1.3) 8 (8.2)
        Trisomy 13 2 (2.7) 0 2 (2.7)
        Trisomy 18 5 (6.8) 1 (1.3) 4 (2.7)
        Trisomy 21 1 (1.3) 0 1 (1.3)
        Other 1 (1.3) 0 1 (1.3)
    Not wanted 2 (2.7) 1 (1.3) 1 (1.3)
Pathological diagnosis 52 (82) Not done 52 (65.4)
    Informative 35 (67.3) 35 (44.2)
        LUTO 31 (88.5)
            Posterior urethral valves 6 (17.1) 7 (9.6)
            Urethral stenosis/urethral atresia 19 (54) 17 (23.1)
            Obstructing ureterocele 2 (5.7) 3 (3.8)
            Cloacal anomalies 4 (11.4) 4 (3.8)
        Cause non-obstructive 4 (11.4)
            Prune-Belly syndrome 3 (8.6) 3 (1.9)
            Other 1 (2.8) 1 (1.9)
Not wanted 11 (17.4) 11 (9.5)
Uninformative 17 (32.7) 17 (21.1)

(LUTO: lower urinary tract obstruction).