Retrocaval ureter: Two case reports.

Kyei, M.Y.; Yeboah, E.D.; Klufio, G.O.; Mensah, J.E.; Gepi-Atee, S.; Zakpaa, L.; Morton, B.; Adusei, B.

Retrocaval ureter: Two case reports.

Date

2011-12

Authors

Abstract

Retrocaval ureter also referred to as pre-ureteral vena cava is a rare congenital anomaly with the ureter passing posterior to the inferior vena cava. Though it is a congenital anomaly, patients do not normally present with symptoms until the 3rd and 4th decades of life from a resulting hydronephrosis. We present the first two cases to be reported in Ghana; a 36-year-old male and a 40-year-old female both with right flank pains and associated right hydronephrosis. Diagnoses were confirmed with retrograde ureteropyelogram and both had an open surgical repair of the anomaly.

Keywords

EMTREE medical terms: adult; article; case report; congenital malformation; female; human; hydronephrosis; male; radiography; ureter, MeSH: Adult; Female; Humans; Hydronephrosis; Male; Ureter

Citation

Kyei, M. Y., Yeboah, E. D., Klufio, G. O., Mensah, J. E., Gepi-Atee, S., Zakpaa, L., . . . Adusei, B. (2011). Retrocaval ureter: Two case reports. Ghana Medical Journal, 45(4), 177-180.