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UNILATERAL RENAL HYPOPLASIA WITH VESTIGIAL EPIDIDYMAL TUBULES
Author(s) -
ANDERSON J. C.,
PAYNE R. A.,
TIGHE J.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1960.tb11543.x
Subject(s) - mesonephric duct , epididymis , hypoplasia , anatomy , kidney , ureter , duct (anatomy) , fetus , epithelium , biology , medicine , pathology , andrology , endocrinology , urology , pregnancy , genetics , sperm
SUMMARY A case is described of unilateral renal hypoplasia, in which tubules resembling epididymal tubules were found. The origin of these tubules is discussed and it is considered possible that they might have arisen from a spill‐over of an evocator from the fetal epididymis into the dilated end of the metanephric duct. This would explain the presence of ciliated epithelium in the hypoplastic kidney and in the upper end of the ureter.