Moscovici J, Juricic M, Galinier P, Guitard J, Vaysse P
Laboratoire d'Anatomie, Faculté de Médecine Rangueil, Toulouse.
Bull Assoc Anat (Nancy). 1996 Jun;80(249):23-6.
The authors report a case of retro-iliac ureter associated with a lumbo-sacral agenesis. Retro-iliac ureter seems in relation with abnormal constitution of aortic division and/or ilio-cava confluence when the metanephros migrates. Lumbosacral agenesis is the most severe state of sacral agenesis and is a part of the syndrome of caudal regression. The association of the two malformations have never been described and could be fortuitous. Nevertheless, the vertebral malformation could induce a perturbation in the formation of vascular structures and so an abnormal migration of the metanephros.