Ureterocele

Symptoms:

• flank pain
  • severe
  • may travel or radiate to the groin, genitals, thigh
  • colicky or spasmodic
  • on one side

• back pain, possibly only on one side
• abdominal pain
• blood in the urine
• urinary frequency/urgency, increased
• urination, excessive at night

Signs and tests:

Blood pressure may be elevated. A urinalysis may reveal blood in the urine or signs of urinary infection. A retrograde pyelogram may show ureterocele and hydronephrosis (enlarged kidney from retention of urine behind the obstruction). In IVP may show ureterocele and hydronephrosis. An abdominal ultrasound or CT scan of the abdomen may show hydronephrosis.