3,5] Patients with ureteral duplication may potentially have urinary stones,
ureterocele, vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and obstructive uropathy.
Neither ultrasound nor MRI studies were able to demonstrate hydroureter or
ureterocele.
The right
ureterocele was excised and Cohen type ureteroneocystostomy was performed.
We consider that patients with high risk for ureteral injury are those with a large median lobe, a ureter orifice that is atypically close to the bladder neck, a large
ureterocele, a severe ureteral kink, and a history of pelvic radiotherapy or transurethral resection of the prostate.
1) In ultrasound imaging, irregular and edematous walls and adequate openings of the
ureterocele can be detected by radiologists.
Suggested terminology for duplex systems, ectopic ureters and
ureteroceles.
Procedimientos quirurgicos realizados, datos analizados por numero de unidades renales Tipo de procedimiento EPU RVU VUP Prunne N (%) Belly Pieloplastia 36 0 0 0 36 (48,3) Reimplante 0 19 0 1 20 (29,9) Nefrectomia 4 2 0 1 7 (8) Electrofulguracion 0 0 6 0 6 (6,9) Vesicostomia 0 0 4 2 6 (6,9) Destechamiento de 0 1 0 0 1 (0,7)
ureterocele Total 40 22 10 4 76 RVU: reflujo-vesicoureteral; VUP: valvas de uretra posterior; EPU: estenosis pieloureteral Cuadro 3.
Other authors have questioned the clinical significance of hydronephrosis and suggest resorting to VCUG when the patient has ultrasound findings consistent with renal dysplasia or hypoplasia, renal cystic disease, cortical thinning, loss of corticomedullary differentiation, high-grade unilateral or bilateral dilation, alteration in the kidney number or kidney size, presence of
ureteroceles or hydroureteronephrosis, or suspected bladder outlet obstruction (such as thickening of the bladder wall or ureters) (1,6.
The etiology of hydroureteronephrosis was neurogenic bladder secondary to meningomyelocele in five patients, a posterior urethral valve (PUV) in four patients, an obstructive megaureter in three patients and ectopic obstructive
ureterocele in two patients.
De los pacientes tratados con RVU grado II, 8 casos (80%) presentaron UCGM normales, mientras que los 2 casos restantes (el 20%) disminuyeron su grado de reflujo a I, estando relacionados a un
ureterocele destechado y a una disfuncion del vaciamiento vesical respectivamente.
Ureterocele intravesical em caes normalmente e assintomatica e, apesar de poucos diagnosticos, sao causas importantes de obstrucao (1,2,4,5).
Thirty three urograms showed normal outline of the urinary system while, 94 were abnormal due to calculi, cystocele,
ureterocele, pelvi ureteric junction obstruction, pelvic mass and perinephric abscess.
