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Case Reports
. 2012 Oct;17(4):168-70.
doi: 10.4103/0971-9261.102339.

Congenital giant megaureter with duplex kidney presenting as abdominal lump in a neonate

Venkatesh M Annigeri  1 , Harihar V Hegde, Preetam B Patil, Anil B Halgeri, P Raghavendra Rao
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Case Reports

Congenital giant megaureter with duplex kidney presenting as abdominal lump in a neonate

Venkatesh M Annigeri et al. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

A neonate with unilateral complete duplex system with congenital giant megaureter of the upper moiety presenting as abdominal lump is reported. A left upper moiety nephroureterectomy was performed. Such an anomaly with this presentation has not been reported in neonates.

Keywords: Duplex kidney; hydronephrosis; megaureter.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Post-contrast axial images of computed tomography abdomen and pelvis. (a) and (b) show a large cystic mass filling the entire abdomen and pelvis and arising from the left kidney. (c) Reformatted coronal image and (d) sagittal image further confirms the origin of the mass from upper portion of the left kidney. Inferiorly, the mass is tapering and ending into the lower portion of left side of pelvis
Figure 2
Figure 2
Surgical findings upon laparotomy (a) The dilated left upper moiety ureter occupies almost the whole abdomen, and its dimensions are evidenced by the caliber discrepancy between the ureter and the small bowel. (b) Gross specimen of the giant megaureter and atrophic kidney
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