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Table 1 Distribution of kidney anomalies in 331 fetuses

From: Is an analysis of copy number variants necessary for various types of kidney ultrasound anomalies in fetuses?

Types of fetal kidney anomalies

n

Isolated anomalies

n (%)

Nonisolated anomalies

n (%)

with soft markers

with additional anomalies c

Malformations of the renal parenchyma a

149

93 (62.4)

18 (12.1)

38 (25.5)

Anomalies of the urinary collecting system

116

74 (63.8)

13 (11.2)

29 (25.0)

 Hydronephrosis

80

53 (66.3)

6 (7.5)

21 (26.3)

 Duplex kidney

36

21 (58.3)

7 (19.4)

8 (22.2)

Abnormal embryonic migration of the kidneys

61

38 (62.3)

10 (16.4)

13 (21.3)

 Ectopic kidney

42

25 (59.5)

7 (16.7)

10 (23.8)

 Horseshoe kidney

19

13 (68.4)

3 (15.8)

3 (15.8)

Combination of kidney anomaliesb

5

3 (60.0)

0

2 (40.0)

Total

331

208 (62.8)

41 (12.4)

82 (24.8)

  1. aIncluding renal agenesis, renal dysplasia, multicystic dysplastic kidney, cystic kidney or polycystic kidney
  2. bPresence of at least two types of the kidney anomalies described above
  3. cIncluding fetuses with extrarenal structural anomalies, fetal growth restriction, hydrops fetalis or abnormal amniotic fluid volume