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DISTAL URETERAL ATRESIA
Author(s) -
Bose S. M.,
Sharma S. K.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1984.tb05308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atresia , excretory system , rectum , ureter , hydronephrosis , general surgery , radiology , anatomy , surgery , urinary system
Distal ureteral atresia is a rare congenital anomaly of early childhood. Despite the present day diagnostic modalities, the preoperative diagnosis continues to elude the clinicians. A greatly increased space between the bladder and the rectum in a lateral excretory urogram, in association with renal and bladder alterations, is highly suggestive of distal ureteral atresia. An interesting case in an adult is described: its embryogenesis and the diagnostic problems are discussed.