Retrocaval ureter: two case reports.
Retrocaval ureter also referred to as pre-ureteral vena cava is a rare congenital anomaly with the ureter passing posterior to the inferior vena cava. Though it is a congenital anomaly, patients do not normally present with symptoms until the 3rd and 4th decades of life from a resulting hydronephrosis. We present the first two cases to be reported in Ghana; a 36-year-old male and a 40-year-old female both with right flank pains and associated right hydronephrosis. Diagnoses were confirmed with retrograde ureteropyelogram and both had an open surgical repair of the anomaly.
['Kyei|M Y|MY|', 'Yeboah|E D|ED|', 'Klufio|G O|GO|', 'Mensah|J E|JE|', 'Gepi-Atee|S|S|', 'Zakpaa|L|L|', 'Morton|B|B|', 'Adusei|B|B|']
D000328:Adult D005260:Female D006801:Humans D006869:Hydronephrosis D008297:Male D011859:Radiography D014513:Ureter
Retrocaval ureter hydronephrosis flank pain retrograde ureteropyelogram pyeloureteric anastomosis