Abstract
Two girls aged 9 and 18 months and one boy aged 18 months presented with a huge intra-abdominal mass, recurrent infections, and failure to thrive. Following investigations surgery was performed, establishing the diagnosis of giant megaureter, and nephroureterectomy was carried out. Two patients are alive and well; one died of septicaemia. Problems of management of giant megaureter are discussed with a review of the literature.
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Basak, D., Sinha Roy, S.K. & Ghosh, A. Giant megaureter. Pediatr Surg Int 7, 76–78 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00181011
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