[A bifid ureter with a blind branch].
OBJECTIVE
To report on a case of bifid ureter with a blind-ending branch.


METHODS
A case of bifid right ureter with a blind-ending branch and complete duplication of the contralateral ureter in a 38-year-old female patient is described. The patient had consulted for pain referred to the right iliac fossa and recurrent urinary infection.


RESULTS
An excretory urogram disclosed the ureteric anomaly, which was confirmed by retrograde pyelography. Uretero-ureteric reflux to the blind-ending branch was found during surgery and excision of the blind-ending branch was performed.


CONCLUSIONS
This ureteric anomaly is basically diagnosed radiologically. Treatment is initially conservative, although complications or severe symptoms may warrant surgical excision of the blind-ending ureter.
Tundidor Bermúdez
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Servicio de Urología, Hospital General Docente Guillermo Domínguez, Puerto Padre, Las Tunas, Cuba.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery