Endoscopic management of a ureterocele in complete ureteric duplication of an infant.
A 2-month-old female infant with an initial symptomatic presentation of fever suffered from persistent febrile urinary tract infections and was treated with antibiotics. Further evaluation including voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), Tc-99m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan, intravenous urography (IVU) showed a ureterocele and hydroureteronephrosis in the upper moiety of a left duplicated kidney. Endoscopic incision of the ureterocele was successful in treating the ureterocele, urinary tract infection and salvaging the function of the upper moiety of the kidney in a 1-year follow-up visit.
Wang
Tsung-Wei
TW
Department of Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
Ou
Yen-Chuan
YC
Yang
Chi-Rei
CR
D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011859:Radiography; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014518:Ureterocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*