title: Computed tomographic diagnosis of ureteral obstruction caused by a sloughed papilla.
abstract: Computed tomographic imaging was utilized to diagnose ureteral obstruction caused by a sloughed papilla in a patient with renal papillary necrosis and distal renal tubular acidosis.
mesh_terms: D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000473:pathology; D007681:Kidney Papillary Necrosis / Q000150:complications*; D007686:Kidney Tubules, Distal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology