Ewha Med J.  1981 Mar;4(1):33-36. 10.12771/emj.1981.4.1.33.

A Case of Single Ectopic Ureter

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  • 1Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

The term of ectopic ureter means the ureter which opens at a point other than ther lateral horn of the interureteric ridge. Single ectopic ureter ureter is very rare and it accompanies renal anomaly commonly. We experienced a case of single ectopic ureter of which orifice opened into the uterine cervix in 18 year girl. She had suffered from urine leakage through the vagina in spite of normal voiding since childhood. Nephroureterectomy was performed and surgical specimen revealed hypoplastic kidney and marked hydroureter. We report this case with review of literatures.


MeSH Terms

Animals
Cervix Uteri
Female
Horns
Humans
Kidney
Ureter*
Vagina
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