Percutaneous catheter drainage of obstructed transplant kidney in pregnancy.
Obstruction of a transplanted kidney may occur during pregnancy and necessitate early cesarean section, with considerable risk to the immature fetus. We report a case where percutaneous catheter nephrostomy relieved the obstruction and allowed the pregnancy to progress until the fetus was mature.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011677:Punctures; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000379:methods*