Abstract
Based on the clinical and post-mortem investigations it may be stated that besides the atypical arteries and veins—primarily the ovarian ones or their segmentary branches which flow into the vena cava—, the obliterated branches can also cause excretory disorders. The complaints appear first of all on the right side. The clinical symptoms are usually not characteristic. Among the various diagnostic methods, infusion pyelography affords the best results. The treatment is a surgical one. The plastic interventions are necessary only in cases involving large secondary dilatations. The authors, based on 30 cases—partly clinical and partly autopsic ones—had examined the anatomical relations existing between the ureter and the right ovarian vein, attempting to elucidate the latter's pathogenic role. The results have demonstrated that usually the ovarian vein in itself does not cause any excretory disorders, while other factors (ovulation, menstruation, gravidity, inflammatory processes in the small pelvis, tumours, calculi within the terminal portion of the ureter) play an important role in the genesis of the disorders.
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