title: Ectopic ureter: a rare cause of purulent vaginal discharge.
abstract: We report two cases in which urologic anomalies presented with vaginal discharge and fever in young women, aged 9 and 18 years. Both patients were ultimately diagnosed as having duplicated collecting systems with ectopic upper-pole ureters opening into the introitus. Although congenital urologic anomalies are a rare cause of vaginal discharge in young women, they should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with these symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: See
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007973:Leukorrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging