Ureterocele in Combination with Urolithiasis in a Pregnant Woman

Abstract

This article is devoted to the description of the clinical picture, methods of laboratory and instrumental diagnostics, the choice of surgical treatment and postoperative rehabilitation of a patient with a rare urological pathology - ureterocele in combination with urolithiasis in a pregnant woman.

Keywords:

ureterocele, urolithiasis, pregnancy, excision of ureterocele

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