Migrating suture masquerading as a renal pelvic carcinoma: an unusual complication of the Kock pouch.
Following a radical cystectomy and the creation of a Kock pouch, a filling defect developed in the renal pelvis that appeared to be a transitional cell carcinoma. This appearance was produced by the retrograde migration and implantation of a fragment of suture material used in the creation of the pouch. It represents a previously undescribed complication of this procedure.
Klotz
L H
LH
Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Medical Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Egerdie
R B
RB
Herschorn
S
S
D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013537:Sutures; D014547:Urinary Diversion