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[VURD syndrome with contralateral renal dysplasia in the adult]
José Manuel Otero García1, Efraín Maldonado Alcaraz, Hugo Wingartz Plata
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital de Especialidades CMNSXXI Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Méjico DF. drjmanuelog@hotmail.com
Objective:
To report one case of VURD syndrome (posterior urethral valves, vesicoureteral reflux, and renal dysplasia) in an adult.
Methods:
32-year-old male patient with recurrent urinary tract infections and the diagnosis of VURD syndrome after imaging tests ond cystoscopy.
Results:
One year after valve resection the patient keeps renal function and adequate voiding without needing dialysis.
Conclusions:
The VURD syndrome is a congenital disease, frequently with poor prognosis in the first years of life. Etiology is not clear. A cause-effect relationship between dysplasia and obstruction-reflux has been proposed; alternotively, the "theory of the bud" suggests vesicoureteral reflux and renal dysplasia are the result of an anomaly of the ureteral bud and not necessarily of obstruction and/or VURD per se.
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