Congenital giant hydroureter presenting as abdominal mass in an infant

Herein we present a case of a 7–month–old baby girl, with left single system ectopic ureter, in whom the ureter was dilated to such an extent that it presented as an abdominal mass. Diagnosis was established by means of computed tomography. Work up was completed with renal scan and micturating cysto...

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Autores principales: Javali, Tarun Dilip, Shetty, Prathvi, Harohally, Nagaraj
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Polish Urological Association 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24707394
http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art38
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description Herein we present a case of a 7–month–old baby girl, with left single system ectopic ureter, in whom the ureter was dilated to such an extent that it presented as an abdominal mass. Diagnosis was established by means of computed tomography. Work up was completed with renal scan and micturating cystourethrography. The patient was operated and left nephorureterectomy was performed. Hydroureter has to be considered in differential diagnosis of abdominal mass in an infant.
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spelling pubmed-39744742014-04-04 Congenital giant hydroureter presenting as abdominal mass in an infant Javali, Tarun Dilip Shetty, Prathvi Harohally, Nagaraj Cent European J Urol Case Report Herein we present a case of a 7–month–old baby girl, with left single system ectopic ureter, in whom the ureter was dilated to such an extent that it presented as an abdominal mass. Diagnosis was established by means of computed tomography. Work up was completed with renal scan and micturating cystourethrography. The patient was operated and left nephorureterectomy was performed. Hydroureter has to be considered in differential diagnosis of abdominal mass in an infant. Polish Urological Association 2013-11-18 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3974474/ /pubmed/24707394 http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art38 Text en Copyright by Polish Urological Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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