Open AccessCongenital venous anomalies associated with retrocaval ureter: evaluation using computed tomography
Author(s) -
Tsuyoshi Ichikawa,
Satoshi Ono,
Y Nagafuji,
M Kobayashi,
H Yashiro,
Jun Koizumi,
Fumio Uchiyama,
Yasuhisa Fujii,
Terumitu Hasebe,
Hayato Terayama,
Hayato Terayama
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
folia morphologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1644-3284
pISSN - 0015-5659
DOI - 10.5603/fm.a2022.0036
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , ureter , azygos vein , radiology , surgery
Retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital anomaly resulting from anomalous development of inferior vena cava (IVC) and not from anomalous of the ureter. The anomaly always occurs on the right side due to regression of right supracardinal vein and persistence of right posterior cardinal vein. Retrocaval ureter tends to be associated with various vena cava anomalies because of the embryogenesis. We aimed to identify the prevalence of associated congenital venous anomalies (CVA) resulting from cardinal vein development in adults with retrocaval ureter using computed tomography (CT) images.