Balloon on a string sign (ureter)

Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 16 Oct 2017

The balloon on a string sign refers to the appearance of the ureter on intravenous urography in ureteropelvic junction obstruction. It is seen due to the high and eccentric point of the exit of ureter from a dilated renal pelvis. 

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