[Unusual aspect of duplication of the renal system].
Pyelo-ureteral duplication is often considered as having little clinical significance. This is not always true. An isolated superior segment of a dysplastic kidney may be at the origin of severe infections or abnormal urinary discharge. Lacking urinary concentration it escapes to normal classic diagnostic procedures. Three cases are presented and discussed.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology
Aspect inhabituel des doubles systèmes rénaux.