title: [A retrocaval ureter associated with contralateral pelvic renal ectopia.: use of a 3-dimensional scanner. Apropos of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: Retrocaval ureter is a rare malformation occasionally associated with other urological or nonurological abnormalities. We report an exceptional case of retrocaval ureter associated with contralateral pelvic ectopic kidney in a 22 year old man. The anomalies associated with the retrocaval ureter and the embryological mechanisms are described. Abdominal computed tomography with 3D reconstruction provided a new perspective of this malformation, but its clinical value remains unclear.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, CHRU Nancy, Vandoeuvre.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Punga-Maole
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Uretère rétrocave associé à une ectopie rénale pelvienne controlatérale: apport du scanner tri-dimensionnel. A propos d'un cas et revue de la littérature.