fishhook ureters

Fishhook

ureters • Hockey stick - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Bell, D. Hockey stick. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 02 Nov 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-57294 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Fishhook

ureters • Retrocaval ureter - type I - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Niknejad, M. Retrocaval ureter - type I. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 02 Nov 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-82988 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

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Fishhook ureters, also known as J-shaped ureters or hockey stick ureters describe the appearance of the distal ureter in patients with significant benign prostatic hypertrophy. It has also been used to describe the appearance of a retrocaval ureter in type 1 or low loop variety. As the right ureter hooks behind the IVC, it has also been referred to as an S-shaped ureter.