Ectopic ureter associated with renal dysplasia.
Two patients, aged 22 and 68, were admitted for recurrent orchi-epididymitis and septicemia respectively. On digital rectal examination, a right pararectal mass was palpated. CT showed in both patients unilateral renal agenesia with a dilated blind ectopic ureter and an enlarged pseudocystic seminal vesicle. MRI obtained in one patient demonstrated a hyperintense content of the blind ureter and the seminal vesicle. Cross section imaging findings were in agreement with deferentography. Histology confirmed the diagnosis of renal dysplasia, with a blind ectopic ureter, opening in the seminal vesicle.
Cabay
J E
JE
Department of Radiology, Hospital Center, Luxembourg.
Lamy
S
S
Dondelinger
R F
RF
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009920:Orchitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*