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Ureterocele - Symptom

Symptoms:

Abdominal pain
Back pain, possibly only on one side
Blood in the urine
Burning pain while urinating (dysuria)
Fever
Flank pain
- On one side
- May travel or radiate to the groin, genitals, thigh
- Severe
- Spasms
Foul-smelling urine
Frequent and urgent urination
Lump (mass) in the abdomen that can be felt
Ureterocele tissue falls down (prolapse) through the female urethra and into the vagina
Urinary incontinence
Urinary tract infection

Signs and tests:

Large ureteroceles are usually diagnosed earlier than smaller ones. A ureterocele may be discovered before the baby is born (during a pregnancy ultrasound).

Some people with ureteroceles do not know they have the condition. Often, the diagnosis is made later in life due to kidney stones.

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

The following tests may be performed:

Blood pressure may be high if there is kidney damage.

Female urinary tract

Male urinary tract

Ureterocele

Reviewed last on: 9/7/2008
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Schlussel RN, Retik AB. Ectopic Ureter, Ureterocele, and Other Anomalies of the Ureter. In: Wein AJ, ed. Campbell-Walsh Urology. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007: chap 116.

Guay-Woodford LM. Hereditary Nephropathies and Abnormalities of the Urinary Tract. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 129.

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