Periappendicular abscess as a cause of ureteral obstruction.
Ureteral obstruction due to appendicitis is a rarity. A twenty-five year old man with no previous abdominal symptoms showed right-sided hydronephrosis and hydroureter on intravenous urography. At operation the cause for this was found to be a ureteral kink due to adhesions caused by a healed periappendicular abscess.
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*