RENAL DUPLICATION AND FUSION ANOMALIES

Authors
DECTER RM
Citation
Rm. Decter, RENAL DUPLICATION AND FUSION ANOMALIES, The Pediatric clinics of North America, 44(5), 1997, pp. 1323
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Pediatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00313955
Volume
44
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-3955(1997)44:5<1323:RDAFA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This article reviews the common pediatric urologic problem of renal du plication and the variety of anomalies associated with duplication. Sp ecifically, the embryology, presentation, evaluation, and comments on management concerning simple duplex systems and those associated with ureteroceles and ectopic ureters are addressed. In addition, the less frequently seen but clinically significant problems of renal fusion an d ectopia are reviewed.