
pmid: 37535131
pmc: PMC11147883
Abstract Objectives and Background: Congenital malformations of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) have a prevalence of 4-60 in 10,000livebirths and constitute for 40-50% of all end stage pediatric kidney disease. CAKUT can have a genetic background due to monogenetic inherited disease such as PKD or ciliopathies. They can also be found in combination with extra-renal findings as part of a syndrome. Upon detection of genitourinary malformations during the fetal anomaly scan the question arises if further genetic testing is required. The purpose of this study was to determine the phenotypic presentation of CAKUT cases and the results of exome analysis (WES). Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 63 fetal cases with a diagnosis of CAKUT or DSD at a single center between August 2018 and December 2022. Results: A total of 63 cases (5.6%) out of 1123 matched CAKUT phenotypes including renal parenchyma malformations. In 15out of 63WES analysis a pathogenic variant was detected (23.8%). In fetuses with isolated CAKUT the rate of detecting a pathogenic variant on exome sequencing was five out of 44 (11.4%). Ten out of 19 fetuses (52.6%) that displayed extra-renal findings in combination with CAKUT were diagnosed with a pathogenic variant. Conclusion: WES provides an increase in diagnosing pathogenic variants in cases of prenatally detected CAKUT. Especially in fetuses with extra-renal malformations, WES facilitates a gain in information on the fetal genotype to enhance prenatal counselling and management.
Adult, urinary tract dilation, detection rate, DSD, Kidney, Ultrasonography, Prenatal, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Pregnancy, Prenatal Diagnosis, Exome Sequencing, ectopic kidney, Humans, Urinary Tract, CAKUT, Retrospective Studies, Vesico-Ureteral Reflux, polycystic kidney disease, Medizin und Gesundheit, PKD, horseshoe kidney, Ultrasonography, Prenatal [MeSH] ; Exome sequencing ; Urogenital Abnormalities/diagnosis [MeSH] ; PKD ; WES ; Detection rate ; Horseshoe kidney ; Urinary Tract/abnormalities [MeSH] ; Phenotype [MeSH] ; CAKUT ; Kidney/abnormalities [MeSH] ; Prenatal Diagnosis/methods [MeSH] ; Female [MeSH] ; Urinary tract dilation ; Adult [MeSH] ; Kidney/embryology [MeSH] ; Humans [MeSH] ; Retrospective Studies [MeSH] ; Exome Sequencing [MeSH] ; DSD ; Kidney/diagnostic imaging [MeSH] ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux [MeSH] ; Maternal-Fetal Medicine ; Ectopic kidney ; Polycystic kidney disease ; Urogenital Abnormalities/genetics [MeSH] ; Pregnancy [MeSH], Phenotype, Urogenital Abnormalities, WES, Female, exome sequencing
Adult, urinary tract dilation, detection rate, DSD, Kidney, Ultrasonography, Prenatal, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Pregnancy, Prenatal Diagnosis, Exome Sequencing, ectopic kidney, Humans, Urinary Tract, CAKUT, Retrospective Studies, Vesico-Ureteral Reflux, polycystic kidney disease, Medizin und Gesundheit, PKD, horseshoe kidney, Ultrasonography, Prenatal [MeSH] ; Exome sequencing ; Urogenital Abnormalities/diagnosis [MeSH] ; PKD ; WES ; Detection rate ; Horseshoe kidney ; Urinary Tract/abnormalities [MeSH] ; Phenotype [MeSH] ; CAKUT ; Kidney/abnormalities [MeSH] ; Prenatal Diagnosis/methods [MeSH] ; Female [MeSH] ; Urinary tract dilation ; Adult [MeSH] ; Kidney/embryology [MeSH] ; Humans [MeSH] ; Retrospective Studies [MeSH] ; Exome Sequencing [MeSH] ; DSD ; Kidney/diagnostic imaging [MeSH] ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux [MeSH] ; Maternal-Fetal Medicine ; Ectopic kidney ; Polycystic kidney disease ; Urogenital Abnormalities/genetics [MeSH] ; Pregnancy [MeSH], Phenotype, Urogenital Abnormalities, WES, Female, exome sequencing
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