title: Scrotal incarceration of the ureter with crossed renal ectopia: case report and literature review.
abstract: To our knowledge only 18 cases of ureteral herniation into the groin have been reported in the literature. We encountered a patient with crossed renal ectopia and ureteral incarceration into a right indirect inguinal hernia. Based on analysis of the presentation and management of our patient combined with a review of the literature we conclude that patients with urinary symptoms and a groin hernia should undergo preoperative urological evaluation, all hernias containing a ureter should be repaired and ureteral resection rarely is necessary during the hernia repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rocklin
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Apelgren
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Slomski
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kandzari
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma; D006547:Hernia; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014515:Ureteral Diseases