title: Retrocaval ureter: two case reports.
abstract: Retrocaval ureter also referred to as pre-ureteral vena cava is a rare congenital anomaly with the ureter passing posterior to the inferior vena cava. Though it is a congenital anomaly, patients do not normally present with symptoms until the 3rd and 4th decades of life from a resulting hydronephrosis. We present the first two cases to be reported in Ghana; a 36-year-old male and a 40-year-old female both with right flank pains and associated right hydronephrosis. Diagnoses were confirmed with retrograde ureteropyelogram and both had an open surgical repair of the anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, and Urology Unit, University of Ghana Medical School, PO Box 77, Accra, Ghana. matkyei@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kyei
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Yeboah
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Klufio
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mensah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gepi-Atee
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zakpaa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adusei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging