[Blind-ending branch of bifid ureter (author's transl)]

A bifid ureter with a blind-ending branch is rare. There is only six published cases in which was the exact diagnosis established on the basis of excretory urography alone. In all other cases the diagnosis was established by retrograde pyelography, at an operation or at autopsy. Asymptomatic cases may go undetected. Symptoms, if present, may be non-specific (vomiting, fever, pain, dysuria, hematuria) arising from stasis within the blind lumen. Almost all reported cases arose from the distal third of the ureter. In our present case, a woman aged 56, reflux of the contrast material injected intravenously outlined the entire course of the blind-ending branch. This blind-ending branch was resected resulting in the cure of the patient.