Incomplete bifid ureter: case report and clinical analysis / Ureter bífido incompleto: relato de caso e análise clínica

• Autor(a) principal: Barroso, Thiago Vinícius Villar
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Silva, Adriana Torres da, Ribeiro, Gabriel Cançado de Morais, Emiliano, Jonas Damaceno, Novaes, Enzo Luiz Rezende, Castro, Larissa Couto, Botelho, Letícia de Oliveira, Fonseca, Álvaro Campolina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Health Review
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BJHR/article/view/46660
• topic: bifid; duplication; ureter; anatomical variation.

The ureters are retroperitoneal muscle tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder, usually present in the number of one for each kidney. Ureteral duplication is the most common congenital anomaly of this organ, and it can be complete, when the ureters enter the bladder through distinct orifices, or incomplete, when the ureters enter the bladder, united, through a single orifice. Its incidence varies from 0.8% for unilateral duplications, against 0.125% for bilateral duplications; such variation is more observed in females, and incomplete duplications are three times more common. In this study, a case of unilateral ureteral duplication was reported in a male corpse. The variation was found during a routine dissection in the Human Anatomy laboratory of Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais, and was discussed together with its possible clinical implications.