Labial fusion

Ha To Nguyen, MD.

Director of Imaging Diagnosis Department, Maternal Tudu Hospital, 284 Cong Quynh St Dist 1, Hochimin City, Vietnam.

Case report

Following prenatal and postnatal images show a case of the labial fusion first time seen at 26 weeks of gestation.

Images 1, 2: 26 week of gestation. Images show a cystic structure in the perineal region of the fetus. The finding represents the labial fusion with distended introitus.

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Images 3, 4: 26 week of gestation. Images show a cystic structure appended to the perineal region of the fetus. The finding represents the distended fused labia.

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Images 5: 26 week of gestation. Color Doppler image show a cystic structure representing the bladder.

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Images 6, 7: Postnatal images showing the dilated labia. Note the "scrotal" appeearance due to the similar embryological origin.

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