title: Hysterosalpingographic diagnosis of a single cervical ectopic ureter.
abstract: Single ectopic ureters terminating in the female genital tract are rare congenital anomalies caused by an abnormally lateral origin of the ureteric bud from the mesonephric duct in the three- to four-week embryo. The ureter remains intimately involved with mesonephric duct remnants, which acquire a communication with müllerian structures. Hysterosalpingography in a continent infertile patient outlined a single cervical ureter from a hypoplastic kidney draining into Gartner's duct remnants. No previous case of single cervical ectopic ureter has been reported without a müllerian anomaly, nor has a single cervical ureter been demonstrated on hysterosalpingography.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland.
authors: N M
authors: NM
authors: Fisk
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bayliss
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*