Oligohydramnios

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A large oligohydramnioma with agenesis of the right kidney, urine, and bladder. Risk factors for chromosomal aberrations, intrauterine infections

Oligohydramnios is a reduced amount of amniotic fluid. It occurs most often with rupture of the sac of membranes, also with placental insufficiency, developmental defects of the kidneys (agenesis, hypoplasia), developmental defects of the urinary tract, karyotype deviations and serious heart diseases Sonographically, oligohydramnios is defined under AFI 5. [1].

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  1. ↑ GOMELLA, T. L. Neonatology : Management, Procedures, On-Call Problems, Diseases and Drugs. 5. edition. Lange, 2004. ISBN 0-07-138918-0.
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