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GIANT HYDRONEPHROSIS IN CROSSED UNFUSED ECTOPIC KIDNEY PRESENTING AS AN UNUSUAL ABDOMINAL SWELLING
Author(s) -
HURLEY GERARD D.,
CLERY ANTHONY P.,
KELLY DANIEL G.
Publication year - 1969
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.1969.tb11886.x
Subject(s) - hydronephrosis , medicine , ectopic kidney , kidney , radiology , anatomy , urinary system
SUMMARY A case of giant hydronephrosis in crossed unfused renal ectopia is presented. It is the third such case to be reported. The presenting complaint was a huge lower abdominal swelling. It was associated with spina bifida occulta. Nephro‐ureterectomy was successfully carried out.