Crossed renal ectopia with colic. A clinical clue to embryogenesis.
A clinicopathologic correlation of 2 patients with crossed renal ectopia presenting with ureteric colic and 4 cases collected from the literature is presented. The correlation serves to reaffirm the theory of ureteral and not renal, migration as the primary aberration resulting in this defect.
D000328:Adult; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology / Q000294:innervation; D008297:Male; D014513:Ureter / Q000196:embryology / Q000294:innervation; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications