TY - JOUR A1 - , T1 - Transcaval ureter: Case report and a review of the literature JO - Eur. J. Anat. SN - 1136-4890 Y1 - 2005 VL - 9 SP - 59 EP - 62 UR - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=05010059 KW - aged KW - anatomical variation KW - cadaver KW - case report KW - disease classification KW - histopathology KW - human KW - human tissue KW - inferior cava vein KW - male KW - medical literature KW - MEDLINE KW - review KW - transcaval ureter KW - ureter malformation N2 - The authors describe a case of post-mortem transcaval ureter. This is a rare congenital anomaly, where the inferior vena cava (IVC) forms a circle over the right ureter, in a vascular ring. In the bibliographic survey carried out through MEDLINE it was found that only 8 cases have been described in the worldwide literature as of December 2004. ER -