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RID35338 laterally displaced ureter sign

synonym

lateral displaced ureter sign

definition

Ureter is dilated and laterally displaced on an intravenous pyelogram. Typically suggests ureteral duplication, even if second ureter is not visible; obstruction of second ureter causes lateral displacement and dilation of both ureters, which reside in the same sheath. May also suggest malignant neoplasm.