title: Bilateral ureteral obstruction: an unusual complication of pancreatitis.
abstract: A case of bilateral ureteral obstruction associated with alcoholic pancreatitis in a 40-yr-old male patient is reported. Although pancreatitis complicated by pseudocyst formation has been known to involve intra- and extraabdominal organs, bilateral ureteral obstruction has not been reported. We postulated that in the case reported herein, periureteral fat necrosis involving both ureters was the primary etiological mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, City Hospital Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, C.U.N.Y., Elmhurst, New York.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meller
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000150:complications*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*