title: Spontaneous ureteral rupture in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A patient with known systemic lupus erythematosus had fever and symptoms of a lower urinary tract infection. Bone scintigraphy showed left ureteral perforation and necrosis with no demonstrable nephrolithiasis. It is speculated that this episode was due to lupus vasculitis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013667:Technetium; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium