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DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821212
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, New York · Masson Editeur Paris
Antenatal Hydronephrosis: Ureteral Polyp Causing Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction
Publication History
Received: October 16, 2003
Accepted after Revision: February 8, 2004
Publication Date:
15 November 2004 (online)
Abstract
We describe a rare case of ureteropelvic junction obstruction in a three and a half-year-old boy due to a benign ureteric polyp. This case is being reported due to the rarity of benign neoplasms of the ureter in infants and children and also because the child had been diagnosed antenatally as having hydronephrosis.
Résumé
Nous décrivons le cas rare d'une obstruction de la jonction pyélo-urétérale chez un garçon de 3 ans et demi, due à un polype urétéral bénin. Ce cas est rapporté car il est une rare observation de tumeur bénigne de l'uretère chez l'enfant et également parce que l'enfant a été diagnostiqué pendant la période prénatale comme ayant une hydronéphrose.
Resumen
Describimos un caso raro de obstrucción de la unión ureteropélvica en un niño de 3 años y medio a causa de un pólipo ureteral benigno. Publicamos este caso por la rareza de los tumores benignos del uréter en niños y también porque la hidronefrosis se diagnosticó prenatalmente.
Zusammenfassung
Es wird der seltene Fall eines Polypen im Bereich des utero-pelvinen Überganges beschrieben. Bei dem 3œ Jahre alten Knaben führte dieser benigne Ureterpolyp zu einer Obstruktion im Sinne einer pränatal diagnostizierten Hydronephrose. Die Publikation wird gerechtfertigt durch die ungewöhnliche Seltenheit dieses Falles: die pränatale Diagnose, die Ausbildung einer Hydronephrose durch einen Polyp am rektopelvinen Übergang.
Key words
Antenatal hydronephrosis - ureteropelvic junction obstruction - ureteral polyp
Mots-clés
Hydronéphrose prénatale - jonction pyélo-urétérale - polype urétéral
Palabras clave
Hidronefrosis prenatal - obstrucción de la unión ureteropélvica - pólipo ureteral
Schlüsselwörter
Pränatale Hydronephrose - Ureterpolyp
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Dr. Professor and Head K. L. N. Rao
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Advanced Pediatric Centre, P.G.I.M.E.R.
Chandigarh, 160012
India
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