Neonatal Urinary Ascites due to Kinking of the Right Ureter

Darfioes Basir (Departments of Child Health and Surgery, Medical School University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)
Darlan Darwis (Departments of Child Health and Surgery, Medical School University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)
E.M. Halimun (Departments of Child Health and Surgery, Medical School University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)
Asril Aminullah (Departments of Child Health and Surgery, Medical School University of Indonesia, Jakarta.)

Paediatrica Indonesiana
Vol 18 No 9-10 (1978): September - October 1978

A case of neonatal urinary ascites in a female newborn infant due to kinkingof the right ureter is presented. The diagnosis was based on the following findings: clinically, the presence of ascites which was confirmed radiologically,and by abdominal parfacentesis; by I.V.P. and operatively. After operative relief of the obstruction, the ascites disappeared and on the 8th day after operation she was discharged in a good condition.