Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report

We report a 10-year-old boy who presented with nocturnal enuresis. Radiological workup revealed a left ureteral triplication (Smith type 2) with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele. This presentation and its association are extremely rare. The clinical and radiological features are presented...

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Autores principales: Alhajri, Fayza, Al-Jumah, Ammar, Al-Mutawa, Sara
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829983
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7510
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author Alhajri, Fayza
Al-Jumah, Ammar
Al-Mutawa, Sara
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Al-Jumah, Ammar
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description We report a 10-year-old boy who presented with nocturnal enuresis. Radiological workup revealed a left ureteral triplication (Smith type 2) with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele. This presentation and its association are extremely rare. The clinical and radiological features are presented here as early diagnosis is important to avoid complications and future renal damage.
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spelling pubmed-27402132009-10-14 Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report Alhajri, Fayza Al-Jumah, Ammar Al-Mutawa, Sara Cases J Case report We report a 10-year-old boy who presented with nocturnal enuresis. Radiological workup revealed a left ureteral triplication (Smith type 2) with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele. This presentation and its association are extremely rare. The clinical and radiological features are presented here as early diagnosis is important to avoid complications and future renal damage. Cases Network Ltd 2009-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2740213/ /pubmed/19829983 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7510 Text en © 2009 Alhajri et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alhajri, Fayza
Al-Jumah, Ammar
Al-Mutawa, Sara
Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report
title Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report
title_full Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report
title_fullStr Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report
title_short Ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report
title_sort ureteral triplication with a contralateral duplication and ureterocele: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829983
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7510
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