Ureter

Ureteroceles can cause significant anatomic distortion to other surrounding structures such as the ureteral orifice of the other kidney (contralateral), the trigone and the bladder neck.
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Ureterocele
Definition:
A ureterocele is a congenital (present from birth) disorder resulting when one of the ureters, the tubes through which urine flows from the kidney to the bladder, swells and develops a pouch as it enters the bladder, ...
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Ureter: A tube that carries urine down from the kidney to the bladder.
There are normally two kidneys so there are accordingly two ureters under normal circumstances, one ureter coming from each kidney conveying urine to the bladder.
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Ureteroceles may be discovered before birth during a prenatal maternal ultrasound (pregnancy ultrasound). Children with this condition often come to medical attention for severe urinary tract infections.
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Ureteral transitional cell cancer may more readily offer the possibility of segmental excision if the absence of proximal disease can be documented.
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Alternate Names
: Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction, PUJ Obstruction, Pelvo-Uretero Junction Obstruction ...
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If you have a stone lodged in your ureter or have an area that needs more study in your ureter, your doctor may recommend a ureteroscopy, usually with general or regional anesthesia.
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UretersTubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder. Urine produced by the kidneys passes through the ureters to the bladder.
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ureter (yoo-REE-ter)
The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
ureteronephrectomy ...
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Ureteroscopy - A very small telescope is inserted into the ureter and guided to the bladder. The stone is then either fragmented or removed.
It is rare that surgery is required to remove a kidney stone.
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ureter. A muscular tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
urethra. The tube through which urine leaves the bladder.
urinary incontinence. Inability to control urine flow.
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The ureters, 2 narrow tubes about 6 inches long, drain urine from the kidneys into the bladder.
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Kidney and ureter abnormalities (25% of cases)
Pelvic kidney (kidney located down in the pelvis), horseshoe kidney, hypoplastic (underdeveloped) kidney
Collecting system abnormalities such as hydronephrosis, hydroureter, reflux of urine ...
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The kidneys, ureters, and bladder are normal in position, size, and shape. The contrast material reaches the kidneys in a normal amount of time.
No blockage can be seen in the kidneys, ureters, or bladder.
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the stomach, intestine, gall bladder, ureter, or oviduct. The cause of colic is irritation and/or obstruction, and the irritant and/or obstruction may be a stone (as in the gall bladder or ureter), ...
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The surgeon makes the urostomy by removing part of the small intestine, or bowel, and attaching the ureters to one end of it. The surgeon sews the other end of the piece of intestine to the skin.
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In the course of a urinary tract infection, bacteria may travel up the ureters (the two tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder) and multiply in the kidney, causing inflammation (pyelonephritis).
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Blockages that can lead to serious kidney difficulties include the narrowing of the upper urinary tract (ureteropelvic junction obstruction or ureteral stenosis), congenital contracture of the bladder outlet (vesical neck contracture), ...
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Kidney stones are hard stone-like formations that can develop in the kidneys, the bladder or the ureters (the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder). They are formed out of calcium crystals found in the urine.
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Ultrasound examination The use of high frequency sound waves to aid in diagnosis. Ureterostomy A surgical procedure consisting of cutting the ureters from the bladder and connecting them to an opening (see Stoma) on the abdomen, ...
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The technique is applicable to minimally invasive kidney donation; repair of renal, ureteral, and bladder abnormalities; removal of malignant tumors of the kidney.
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If the blood is well-mixed with the urine, it is probably from the kidneys. If it is clotted in tubular casts of ureters, it is from kidneys or ureters.
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Stones or obstruction of the ureter may appear on:
Kidney ultrasound
IVP (intravenous pyelogram)
Abdominal X-rays
Retrograde pyelogram
Abdominal CT scan
Abdominal/kidney MRI ...
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An abnormal condition that allows urine to flow from the bladder back into a ureter.
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The agent of an infectious disease, smaller than bacteria, that must have a living host in order to grow or reproduce.
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Urinary tract infections are infections of any part of the urinary system from the kidneys to the ureters (the tubes that drain urine out of the kidneys into the bladder), the bladder or the urethra (the tube leading out of the bladder).
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He is also an expert in other causes of lower urinary tract obstruction, including ureteral stricture disease and prostatitis.
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Uterine leiomyoma (fibroids) can cause a round, lumpy mass above the pelvis in the lower abdomen (occasionally can be felt if the fibroids are large).
Volvulus can cause a mass anywhere in the abdomen.
Ureteropelvic junction obstruction can cause a ...
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