Bilateral retrocaval ureters with IVC duplication

Abdom Imaging. 2006 Sep-Oct;31(5):596-7. doi: 10.1007/s00261-005-0122-1. Epub 2006 Mar 11.

Abstract

We report a rare case of bilateral retrocaval ureters associated with duplicated inferior renal cava. A 69-year-old woman was sent to our emergency room for abdominal pain. Multidetector computed tomogram with multiplanar reconstruction revealed duplicated inferior renal cavae and the bilateral ureters were positioned behind the duplicated inferior vena cava. To our knowledge, coexistence of bilateral retrocaval ureters and duplicated inferior renal cavae has not been reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Ureter / abnormalities*
  • Ureter / diagnostic imaging
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging