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ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Thursday 26 August 2004

Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) constitutes a significant cause of morbidity in children and exists in a wide range of severity and clinical manifestations.

The cause of UPJO remains largely unknown except for a small group, in which crossing vessels have been considered etiological.

Types

unilateral pelviureteric junction obstruction
bilateral pelviureteric junction obstruction

Synopsis

renal multicystic obstrcutive dysplasia

Genetics

Locus 6p (1634233)

t(6;19)(p21;q13.1) with CDC5L rearrangement (9598309)

Etiology

crossing vessels
urothelial mucosal malformation (16808629)

References

Huang WY, Olumi AF, Rosen S. Urothelial mucosal malformation: a rare cause for ureteropelvic junction obstruction. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2006 Jan-Feb;9(1):72-4. PMID: 16808629