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Case Reports
. 2019 Nov 6:30:101070.
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101070. eCollection 2020 May.

Duplicated collecting system with ectopic prostatic implantation: Therapeutic conservative robot assisted approach, about a case report

Belkacem Benmohamed  1 , Kais Chaker  1 , Ludovic Obringer  1 , Amine Messaoudi  1 , Marc Schneider  1 , Jean-Luc Jung  1
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Duplicated collecting system with ectopic prostatic implantation: Therapeutic conservative robot assisted approach, about a case report

Belkacem Benmohamed et al. Urol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Duplication of the ureters with distal, supra-sphincteric, prostatic implantation is an uncommon congenital anomaly. We report a case of a 35 year-old men presenting with pelvic pain with lower urinary tract symptoms for at least 3 months duration. On magnetic resonance urograms double collecting system in the left kidney and also hydro-uretero-nephrosis in the collecting system which drained the upper pole of the left kidney were seen. The ureter draining the upper pole of the left kidney was seen to open into the prostatic utricle with an ureterocele and multiple stones. Left ureteroneocystostomy was performed.

Keywords: Duplicated collecting system; Ectopic prostatic implantation; Ectopic ureter; Ureterocele.

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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

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Fig. 1
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a slightly wide left ureter, reaching 1 cm in diameter on contact with the prostate, two images of stones making a 21.8 mm large axis cluster at the lower ureter of which the trajectory was intra-prostatic. The uretero-urethral junction was at the level of the prostatic utricle. The right excretory way was normal.
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