Anat Cell Biol 2024; 57(3): 476-480
Published online September 30, 2024
https://doi.org/10.5115/acb.24.033
Copyright © Korean Association of ANATOMISTS.
Yuri Seu1 , Hyun Jin Park2
, Jin Seo Park3
, Yong‑Suk Moon2
, Hongtae Kim2
, Mi-Sun Hur2
1Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, 2Department of Anatomy, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu, 3Department of Anatomy, Dongguk University School of Medicine, Gyeongju, Korea
Correspondence to:Mi-Sun Hur
Department of Anatomy, Daegu Catholic University School of Medicine, Daegu 42472, Korea
E-mail: mshur@cu.ac.kr
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Present case report describes a case of bifid ureter arising directly from separate calyces and renal pelvis of the kidney. Incomplete ureter duplication on the left side in a 78-year-old male cadaver was found during an anatomy class. These ureters converged in a Y-shaped pattern just above the level of the anterior superior iliac spine. In the coronal section of the kidney, the anterior ureter arose from a renal pelvis that was divided into two major calyces in the lower two-thirds of the kidney. On the other hand, the posterior ureter was directly connected to a major calyx in the upper third of the kidney, without the formation of a renal pelvis. This anatomical variation has implications for diagnostic approaches, especially in the use of imaging techniques by urologists for the insertion of stents in the treatment of phyelonephritis.
Keywords: Bifid ureter, Kidney, Major calyx, Renal pelvis