Research Article

Unusual Presentation of Duplex Kidneys: Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction

Table 1

Characteristics of patients and management of UPJO associated with a duplicated collecting system.

AgeGenderType of duplicationLocalization of duplicationMean function of the involved renal moiety (%)Type of surgeryAssociated anomalies

4 monthsFemaleIncompleteRight lower moiety43Ureteropyelostomy
7 yearsMaleCompleteLeft lower moiety54Pyeloplasty
6 yearsFemaleCompleteRight lower moiety54Pyeloplasty
2 yearsMaleCompleteLeft lower moiety34PyeloplastyVesicoureteral reflux
1.5 yearsFemaleCompleteRight upper moiety3HeminephrectomyRight ureterovesical junction obstruction
Right lower moiety41Ureteropyelostomy
1 yearMaleIncompleteRight renal lower moiety42PyeloplastyRight upper bagpipe renal collecting anomaly
Right upper renal moiety4HeminephrectomyBilateral undescended testes
1 yearMaleCompleteRight renal upper moiety0HeminephrectomyLeft renal multicystic kidney
6 monthsMaleIncompleteRight lower moiety35Pyelopyelostomy
1 yearMaleCompleteLeft lower moiety59PyeloplastyHorseshoe kidney + penoscrotal hypospadias
1 yearMaleCompleteLeft lower moiety55Pyeloplasty
2 monthsFemaleCompleteRight lower moiety19PyeloplastyRight upper collecting system ends with ureterocele
3 monthsFemaleCompleteRight lower moiety23Pyeloplasty
5 monthsMaleIncompleteRight lower moiety45PyelopyelostomyRight renal with triplex system
3 yearsMaleIncompleteLeft lower moiety21Pyelopyelostomy
1.5 yearsFemaleIncompleteLeft upper moiety2Heminephrectomy
5 yearsMaleIncompleteRight lower moiety34UreteropyelostomyVesicoureteral reflux