1. Retrocaval ureter as a cause of flank pain: Review of literature of surgical treatment
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Ahmed M Rehan, Saeed M Al-Qahtani, Ahmed S Al-Ghamdi, and Gamal Al-Saied
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Retrocaval ureter ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Flank pain ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Ureter ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Ureteroureterostomy ,medicine ,Deformity ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,medicine.symptom ,Surgical treatment ,business ,Laparoscopy ,Hydronephrosis - Abstract
Retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital anomaly. We report a 31-year-old woman who presented with dull aching pain in the right flank that was exaggerated in the past few months. Diagnosis was made on intravenous urography, which showed proximal ureteric dilatation and hydronephrosis. Retrograde ureteropyelogram showed typical “S-” shaped or fish hook deformity in the dilated proximal ureteric segment with moderate hydronephrosis. The patient underwent an ureteroureterostomy with anteriorization of ureter.
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- 2017
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