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Ureterocele

• Overview
• Symptoms
• Treatment

Symptoms:

• Flank pain
  • Severe
  • May travel or radiate to the groin, genitals, thigh
  • Spasms
  • On one side
• Back pain , possibly only on one side
• Urinary tract infection
• Fever
• Burning pain while urinating (dysuria)
• Foul-smelling urine
• Abdominal pain
• Blood in the urine
• Increased urinary frequency and urgency
• Palpable abdominal mass
• Urinary incontinence
• Ureterocele prolapse (can be sent through the female urethra and vagina)

Signs and tests:

A urinalysis may reveal blood in the urine or signs of urinary tract infection.

The following tests may be performed:

• Pyelogram
• Abdominal ultrasound  
• CT scan of the abdomen
• VCUG (voiding cysto-urethrogram)
• Radionuclide renal scan
• Cystoscopy

Blood pressure may be high if there is kidney damage.

References:

Walsh PC. Campbell's Urology . 8th ed. St. Louis, Mo: WB Saunders; 2002:2022-2034. 

Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine , 22nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 2004:774.

• Review Date: 5/3/2006
• Reviewed By: Neil D. Sherman, MD, Urologist, Essex County, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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