A rare case of retrocaval ureter associated with persistent left vena cava

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-338

  Gramegna, V ^a   Madaro, A ^a   Pellegrini, F ^a   Capizzi, S ^a   Romano, O ^a   Massari, D ^a   Liessi, G ^a  

^a Hospital of Castelfranco   (Italy)

Author keywords

Left retrocaval ureter; Stones, retrocaval ureter; Vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; HYDROURETER; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROCAVAL URETER; URETER DISEASE; URETERORENOSCOPE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; URETER; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0037962947     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070149     Document Type: Article

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