An ectopic ureter has an orifice located outside the normal trigonal position. Generally, the term 'ectopic ureter' implies a more caudal insertion point than normal (e.g. in the urethra or outside ...

A 23-year-old Hispanic woman was referred to the urology service for long-standing right flank pain that occurred whenever she had to hold off voiding because a bathroom was not nearby and was ...

A single 15-minute CT scan may be all it takes to find tiny cancers, stones and other problems in the kidneys, bladders and urinary tracts of high-risk patients -- potentially saving them from many ...

Although patients with bladder cancer are at increased risk of developing upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC), the overall incidence remains low. Serial CT urography is routinely performed in ...

HYPERTENSION associated with unilateral renovascular disease is receiving an increasing amount of attention. The present technics for the diagnosis of unilateral renal disease are excretory urography, ...

IN the evaluation of patients with impairment of renal function it is often important to delineate the anatomic status of the urinary tract. For this purpose retrograde pyelography is customarily ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...