ureterocele

Etiology

• most often associated with a duplicated collection system (2 ureters drain their respective kidney instead of 1)

Epidemiology

• Caucasion (most common)

Pathology

• the distal ureter balloons at its opening into the bladder, forming a sac-like pouch

Clinical manifestations

• frequent urinary tract infection
• urosepsis
• obstructive voiding symptoms (LUTS)
• prinary retention
• failure to thrive
• hematuria
• cyclic abdominal pain
• ureteral calculus
• in females, salpingitis, hydrosalpinx with sepsis or torsion, tubo-ovarian mass

Radiology

• most ureteroceles are diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound

Management

• surgical repair

More general terms

• congenital anomaly (birth defect)
• urologic disease