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Descriptor English: Retrocaval Ureter
Descriptor Spanish: Uréter Retrocavo
Descriptor uréter retrocava
Scope note: Rara anomalía congénita en la que el URÉTER discurre por la parte dorsal y queda obstruido por la VENA CAVA INFERIOR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ureter Retrocava
Descriptor French: Uretère rétrocave
Entry term(s): Circumcaval Ureter
Ureter, Circumcaval
Ureter, Retrocaval
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.875.811
C12.200.706.811
C12.800.811
C16.131.939.915
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064749
Scope note: A rare congenital abnormality resulting in the URETER passing dorsal to and being obstructed by the INFERIOR VENA CAVA.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Ureter/abnormalities (1947-2013)
Public MeSH Note: 2014
History Note: 2014
Related: Ureter MeSH
DeCS ID: 55212
Unique ID: D064749
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2014/01/01
Date of Entry: 2013/07/08
Retrocaval Ureter - Preferred
Concept UI M0583210
Scope note A rare congenital abnormality resulting in the URETER passing dorsal to and being obstructed by the INFERIOR VENA CAVA.
Preferred term Retrocaval Ureter
Entry term(s) Circumcaval Ureter
Ureter, Circumcaval
Ureter, Retrocaval



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