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Query: UMLS:C0403608 (ureter)
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Two boys with congenital periureteral bladder diverticula without vesicoureteral reflux but with severe hydronephrosis and ureteral obstruction are described. No bladder outflow obstruction was present. Urinary tract infection was the presenting symptom in both boys, and this is the most common presenting symptom of bladder diverticula. Diverticulectomy, ureteral tailoring, and reimplantation were performed. Three different mechanisms are proposed for the association of bladder diverticula and ureteral obstruction: compression of the extravesical ureter against the detrusor by the full, tense diverticulum, fibrosis resulting from peridiverticulitis, or primary hypomuscularity of the ureterovesical junction and distal ureter.
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PMID:Congenital bladder diverticula causing ureteral obstruction. 391 83

In 2 separate series of dogs a segment of ureter was isolated from both bladder and kidney and left in situ with an intact blood supply. Tense cysts formed in these sequestered segments regardless of whether the ends were occluded or the segments were split longitudinally and left open. The formation of these cysts can be prevented by the removal of the urothelium. The cyst contents were found consistently to have a sodium concentration below that of the simultaneously obtained serum concentration and urea concentration higher than the simultaneously obtained serum urea. Osmolalities and protein levels within the cysts were virtually identical to the serum levels.
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PMID:Sequestration of ureteric segments in dogs. 723 40