Bilateral triple renal pelvis: A case report

Tomislav Predrag Pejčić; Miodrag Aćimović; Zoran Džamić; Helena Maksimović; Biljana Marković; Jovan Hadži-Djokić

doi:10.2298/4917

Tomislav Predrag Pejčić Urological Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Miodrag Aćimović Urological Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Zoran Džamić Urological Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Helena Maksimović Center for Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Biljana Marković Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Center for Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Jovan Hadži-Djokić Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/4917

Keywords: urinary tract, congenital abnormalities, diagnosis,

Abstract

Introduction. Triple renal pelvis is an extremely rare variation of the renal collecting system. To the authors’ knowledge, bilateral triple renal pelvis has not yet been described in the literature. Case report. A 55-year-old man was hospitalized due to papillary bladder cancer, detected on ultrasonography. As incidental finding, intravenous urography revealed bilateral triple renal pelvis. Six weeks after transurethral resection of the bladder tumor (TURB) the patient was admitted again, for the second TURB. Computed tomography-urography confirmed the presence of bilateral triple renal pelvis. Conclusion. The unique case of bilateral triple renal pelvis was presented as an extremely rare variation of the renal collecting system.

Author Biographies

Tomislav Predrag Pejčić, Urological Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

Pomoćnik direktora Klinike

Načelnik odeljenja urgentne urologije

Miodrag Aćimović, Urological Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Head of the 2^nd Dpt.

Deputy Director of the Clinic

Zoran Džamić, Urological Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Director of the Clinic

Helena Maksimović, Center for Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

Radiologist

Biljana Marković, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Center for Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

Deputy Director of the Center for Radiology

Jovan Hadži-Djokić, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia

Academician

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