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World J Nephrol. Nov 6, 2014; 3(4): 182-192
Published online Nov 6, 2014. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v3.i4.182
Table 1 Causes of bilateral or potentially bilateral ureteral obstruction in children
Categories of diseaseSingle entities or underlying causes
UrolithiasisIdiopathic Neurologic disease Metabolic and genetic disorder Inflammatory bowel disease
Congenital urinary tract malformationsObstructive megaureter Uretero-pelvic junction obstruction Duplicated collecting system Horseshoe kidney and other anomalies
Immuno-rheumatologic diseasesNecrotizing vasculitis Periarteritis nodosa Kawasaki disease Henoch-Schönlein purpura Eosinophilic ureteritis
Ureteral localization of infectionsFungal infections Viral infections Bacterial infections Tubercular infections
Other systemic infectionsRotavirus
Neoplastic intrinsic ureteral obstructionsFibroepithelial polyps, ureteritis cystica, malignant neoplasms
Extrinsic ureteral obstructionsAbdomino-pelvic masses Familial adenomatous polyposis Retroperitoneal fibrosis
Iatrogenic trigonal obstruction/inflammationDevice-induced obstruction Bulking agents for vesico-ureteral reflux Obstruction after appendectomy