Open AccessEctopic Ureter Accompanied by Duplicated Ureter: Three Cases
Author(s) -
Ufuk Şenel,
Halil İbrahim Tanrıverdi,
Zafer Özmen,
Selami Sözübir
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13933.6446
Subject(s) - ectopic ureter , ureter , medicine , urinary system , enuresis , ureterocele , nephrectomy , gene duplication , urology , surgery , kidney , anatomy , biology , biochemistry , gene
We report cases of ectopic ureter accompanied by three types of ureteral duplication that had been diagnosed previously and treated for enuresis. Data from three female patients ranging in age from 1 to 10 years were evaluated. The ectopic ureter was observed on the left in one case, on the right in another and bilateral in the third case. Complete duplication was found in two cases, while the third had incomplete duplication. Ureteroneocystostomy was performed in one case and subtotal nephrectomy was carried out in the other two cases. Ureteroneocystostomy was performed for the ectopic ureter found in the opposite urinary system in one of the cases. Ectopic duplicated ureter should be considered in treatment-resistant enuresis and urinary tract infections and after a careful physical examination, imaging as well as function tests should be performed.