Items tagged “ureter”
102 results found
Case
Vesicoureteral reflux
Published
20 Oct 2010
60% complete
Fluoroscopy
Case
Ureterocoeles (bilateral)
Published
24 Nov 2010
85% complete
Ultrasound
Fluoroscopy
Article
Cobra head sign (ureter)
The cobra head sign, also known as the spring onion sign, refers to dilatation of the distal ureter, surrounded by a thin lucent line seen in patients with an adult-type ureterocele. The cobra head appearance indicates an uncomplicated ureterocele.
During an excretory phase of an intravenous ur...
Article
Vesicoureteric reflux
Vesicoureteric reflux (VUR) is the term for the abnormal flow of urine from the bladder into the upper urinary tract and is typically encountered in young children.
For grading of vesicoureteric reflux, please refer to vesicoureteric reflux grading.
Epidemiology
The incidence of urinary tract...
Article
Malakoplakia
Malakoplakia is a rare chronic granulomatous inflammatory disease that can affect any part of the body but most frequently involves the mucosal surface of the urinary bladder, causing one or more soft yellowish plaques.
Epidemiology
Risk factors include chronic disease and immunosuppression, s...
Article
Drooping lily sign (ureter)
The drooping lily sign is a urographic sign in some patients with a duplicated collecting system. It refers to the inferolateral displacement of the opacified lower pole moiety due to an obstructed (and unopacified) upper pole moiety.
The similarity to a lily is further strengthened by the smal...
Case
Congenital megaureters
Published
09 Jan 2011
65% complete
CT
Article
Circumcaval ureter
Circumcaval ureter, also known as retrocaval ureter, is a term used to describe an abnormal course of a ureter that encircles the inferior vena cava. Both of these terms are somewhat misleading, as this configuration is considered a developmental anomaly of the inferior vena cava (IVC). There ar...
Case
Ureterocele (bilateral)
Published
16 Apr 2011
69% complete
Ultrasound
X-ray
Case
Pyeloureteral transitional cell carcinoma
Published
01 Nov 2011
30% complete
CT
Case
Hydronephrosis due to calculus
Published
05 Feb 2012
79% complete
Ultrasound
Case
Ureteric stone and prostate hypertrophy
Published
06 Mar 2012
63% complete
Ultrasound
Article
Pyonephrosis
Pyonephrosis is a term given to an infection of the kidney with pus in the upper collecting system which can progress to obstruction.
Pyonephrosis may be suspected when the clinical symptoms of fever and flank pain are combined with the radiologic evidence of urinary tract obstruction 1. Debris...
Case
Ureterocele
Published
23 Nov 2012
57% complete
Ultrasound
Case
Vesicoureteric reflux (grade 1)
Published
27 Nov 2012
72% complete
X-ray
Article
Pseudoureterocoele
Pseudoureterocoeles are acquired dilatations of the submucosal portion of the distal ureter that mimic simple ureteroceles. The appearance of the radiolucent wall surrounding the dilated distal ureteral segment (cobra head sign) is an important differentiating point.
The distinction is importa...
Case
Vesicoureteric reflux (ultrasound)
Published
24 Feb 2013
94% complete
Ultrasound
Case
Abdominal lymphoma
Published
21 May 2013
80% complete
CT
X-ray
Article
Ureter
The ureter is a paired fibromuscular tube that conveys urine from the kidneys in the abdomen to the bladder in the pelvis.
Gross anatomy
The ureter is 25-30 cm long and has three parts:
abdominal ureter: from the renal pelvis to the pelvic brim
pelvic ureter: from the pelvic brim to the bla...
Case
Ectopic ureter
Published
10 Aug 2013
88% complete
Fluoroscopy
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