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Dilatation of ureter

Known as: megaureters, HYDROURETER, DILATATION URETERAL 
Abnormal enlargement of the ureter caused by any blockage that prevents urine from draining into the bladder.
National Institutes of Health

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Abnormal renal physiologyAcrocephalopolysyndactyly type 2Bladder ExstrophyECTRODACTYLY, ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA, AND CLEFT LIP/PALATE SYNDROME 1

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Congenital dilatation of ureter

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Ureteral Diseases

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Acute ureterolithiasis: incidence of secondary signs on unenhanced helical CT and influence on patient management.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Radionuclide studies in paediatric nephro-urology.
Review
1997
Review
1997
Spiral CT in the evaluation of flank pain: overall accuracy and feature analysis.
PURPOSE Our goal was to assess test reliability and identify those features that have the strongest positive and negative… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
METASTATIC CARCINOMA OF PROBABLE TRANSITIONAL CELL ORIGIN IN 66 FREE-LIVING CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS), 1979 TO 1994
Sixty-six (18%) cases of widely metastatic carcinoma of probable transitional cell origin were identified in 370 California sea… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Antenatal diagnosis of upper urinary tract dilation by ultrasonography.
The criteria for the detection of fetal pyelectasis are still controversial. Prenatal and postnatal data from 2,170 consecutive… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Ureterocystoplasty: the 'bladder' augmentation of choice.
OBJECTIVE To reduce the complications of enterocystoplasty by augmenting the bladder with a megaureter. PATIENTS AND METHODS… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Left infrarenal region: anatomic variants, pathologic conditions, and diagnostic pitfalls.
Computed tomography (CT) is the preferred method for evaluating the left periaortic infrarenal region. Structures larger than 11… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A continent colonic urinary reservoir: the Florida pouch.
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Extreme polyuria in obstructive uropathy; report of a case of water-losing nephritis in an infant, with a discussion of polyuria.
IN 1954 Roussak and Oleesky1 described 2 patients with renal disease who exhibited a syndrome simulating diabetes insipidus… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Megaloureter: investigation as to the cause and report on the results of newer forms of treatment.
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