title: Retrocaval ureter in children. Case report and bibliographic review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Retrocaval ureter is a rare disease which is due to a abnormal development of the inferior cava vein. It usually presents with ureteral obstruction, and surgery is needed for symptomatic cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of retrocaval ureter and a revision of the literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 9 year-old boy who had consulted for macroscopic hematuria. The intravenous urography (IVU) suggested the diagnosis of retrocaval right ureter, which is confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MR). Make us resection of the retrocaval segment and relocation of the ureter anterior to the inferior vena cava. Follow-up IVU showed good resolution of hydronephrosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Retrocaval ureter is a rare disease, with easy diagnostic and effective treatment. Other associated anomalies could be associated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. pedroa.lopezgonzalez@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pedro Angel
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: López González
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López Cubillana
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Server Pastor
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Girón Vallejo
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruíz Pruneda
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Doñate Iñiguez
authors.forename: Jose Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ruíz Morcillo
authors.forename: Cristobal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moreno Alarcón
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nortes Cano
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gómez Gómez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery