fishhook ureters

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.

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