A case of retrocaval ureter in childhood
Chiba, K.; Kitami, K.; Kumagai, H.
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica 35(8): 1409-1412
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0018-1994 PMID: 2683652 Document Number: 344594
We report a case of retrocaval ureter in a 14-year-old boy with the complaint of right flank pain. Intravenous pyelography and drip infusion pyelography showed right hydronephrosis and "inverted J" shaped ureter. A retrograde pyelography with venocavography revealed a typical retrocaval ureter, but abdominal CT scan did not show the "retrocaval segment". Ureterouretero-reanastomosis was performed and hydronephrosis was markedly improved. We analyzed 20 cases of retrocaval ureter in childhood.