Retrocaval ureter: A case report and review of the literature

Retrocaval ureter is a rare malformation. We report a case of right retrocaval ureter of type 1. The usual clinical manifestation being lumbar pain due to obstruction of the upper urinary tract, asymptomatic forms can also be encountered. Since the diagnosis was based on the CT-scan, the treatment w...

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Autores principales: Fadil, Y., Bai, W., Dakir, M., Debbagh, A., Aboutaieb, R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Functional Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7787943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33437649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101556
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Aboutaieb, R.
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description Retrocaval ureter is a rare malformation. We report a case of right retrocaval ureter of type 1. The usual clinical manifestation being lumbar pain due to obstruction of the upper urinary tract, asymptomatic forms can also be encountered. Since the diagnosis was based on the CT-scan, the treatment was uncrossing with uretero-ureteral anastomosis by lumbotomy, with a satisfactory long-term result.
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spelling pubmed-77879432021-01-11 Retrocaval ureter: A case report and review of the literature Fadil, Y. Bai, W. Dakir, M. Debbagh, A. Aboutaieb, R. Urol Case Rep Functional Medicine Retrocaval ureter is a rare malformation. We report a case of right retrocaval ureter of type 1. The usual clinical manifestation being lumbar pain due to obstruction of the upper urinary tract, asymptomatic forms can also be encountered. Since the diagnosis was based on the CT-scan, the treatment was uncrossing with uretero-ureteral anastomosis by lumbotomy, with a satisfactory long-term result. Elsevier 2020-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7787943/ /pubmed/33437649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101556 Text en © 2020 Published by Elsevier Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Retrocaval ureter: A case report and review of the literature
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title_short Retrocaval ureter: A case report and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7787943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33437649
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