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The Ewha Medical Journal
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

Ewha Med J 1980; 3(3):135-138

pISSN: 1598-7450

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1980.3.3.135

Case Report

A Case of Congenital Hydronephrosis

Ho Sun Lee, Seong Won Kwon
Corresponding author: Seong Won Kwon. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Copyright ⓒ 1980. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Published Online: Jul 24, 2015

Abstract

The etiology of congenital hydronphrosis are obstruction of urinary tract, underdevelpment of ureteral musculature and abnormality of nerve innervation in fetal life. The onset of symptom congenital hydronephrosis appears later and there are irreversible change of renal paranchyme in most cases. Therefore require early diagnosis and treatment. We experienced a case of congenital hydronephrosis containing about 1,500cc of hydronephorotic fluid, which was caused by congenital ureteropelvic junction stenosis and report this case with review of lite rature.