Ureterocele as a Cause of Abdominal Pain

Abstract

URETEROCELE, though not a common disorder, may be a perplexing diagnostic problem in adults. The present report concerns 5 cases in which the patients were treated unsuccessfully on the basis of mistaken or incomplete diagnosis of other conditions until urologic investigation disclosed ureterocele as the underlying disorder. In Case 1 the symptoms simulated those of inguinal hernia and the complications of its repair. In Case 2 pain caused by ureterocele was thought to be due to prostatovesiculitis. The symptoms of pyelonephritis in Case 3 could not be controlled until the obstructive lesion was diagnosed at cystoscopy. Another patient (Case 4) . . .