Incomplete ureteral quintuplication obstructed by proximal calculus: Case report and review of literature

INTRODUCTION: Ureteral duplication is a common congenital anomaly, although multiple ureters is a rare disorder. Bifid ureter or multiple ureters are diagnosed incidentally and generally associated with obstruction by lithiasis. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of ureteral quintuplication conver...

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Autores principales: da Silva Barroso, Francisco Marcos, Maués, Carolina Augusta Dorgam, de Castro, Gustavo Lopes, de Souza, Paloma Menezes, da Cunha Alves, Roger Arthur, de Souza, Igor Ferreira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10173196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37119752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108181
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Ureteral duplication is a common congenital anomaly, although multiple ureters is a rare disorder. Bifid ureter or multiple ureters are diagnosed incidentally and generally associated with obstruction by lithiasis. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of ureteral quintuplication converging into a sacculation obstructed by a 7 cm calculus. CONCLUSION: Two or more ureters are more common in women and it is mostly associated with asymptomatic presentation, excepting when related to complications of urinary tract infection or lithiasis. More than four ureters are extremely rare and our case is the first of incomplete quintuplication found so far in the literature.

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