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Urogenital abnormalities in male children with cystic fibrosis
- Source :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood. 87:135-138
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2002.
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Abstract
- Background: Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) is presumed to occur prenatally and is present in over 99% of adult males with cystic fibrosis (CF). Aims: To describe ultrasonic features in male children with CF. We aimed to describe urogenital anomalies, comparing pancreatic sufficient and insufficient CF patients. Methods: Pelvic and scrotal ultrasonography were performed in 12 boys with CF aged 2ā12 years and 16 age matched healthy controls. Results: Nine patients had pancreatic insufficiency (PI): seven had two severe mutations and two had unknown mutations. Three boys were pancreatic sufficient (PS), two with splicing mutations (5T and 3849+10kb CāT respectively) and borderline sweat tests. Seminal vesicles were visualised in 5/12 patients and 8/16 controls, compared to non-visualisation reported in all adults with CBAVD. Testicular microlithiasis was found in 4/18 PI, 0/6 PS, and 0/32 control testes, compared to 0.6ā1.4% in healthy males and 15% in CF adults; 7/18 PI, 4/6 PS, and 0/32 control testes were smaller than predicted for age. The epididymal head was non-homogeneous with cysts, hypo-, or hyper-echogenicity in 5/18 PI, 1/6 PS, and 0/32 control testes. Conclusions: Genital abnormalities may occur early in CF, but are less common than described in adults. They are found more often in pancreatic insufficient than in pancreatic sufficient CF patients. However, a positive finding, if present, may aid in the diagnosis of the latter. A larger longitudinal study is recommended to better define the onset and progression of urogenital abnormalities.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Pancreatic disease
Cystic Fibrosis
Genotype
Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
Genitalia, Male
Gastroenterology
Cystic fibrosis
Vas Deferens
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Sex organ
Child
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Ultrasonography
biology
business.industry
Genitourinary system
medicine.disease
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
Cross-Sectional Studies
Phenotype
Child, Preschool
Mutation
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
biology.protein
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
Original Article
Complication
business
Testicular microlithiasis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14682044 and 00039888
- Volume :
- 87
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ad963bd5acabcc1de3a10e70c7dac4bb