Endoscopic management of a ureterocele in complete ureteric duplication of an infant.

Abstract

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.

• Authors: Tsung-Wei Wang, Yen-Chuan Ou, Chi-Rei Yang
• Journal: Zhonghua yi xue za zhi = Chinese medical journal; Free China ed (Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei)) Vol. 65 Issue 3 Pg. 127-30 (Mar 2002) ISSN: 0578-1337 [Print] China (Republic : 1949- )
• PMID: 12051457 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Endoscopy
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Radiography
• Ureter (abnormalities)
• Ureterocele (diagnostic imaging, surgery)