[Anuric renal insufficiency caused by bilateral ureteral lithiasis].
A 73-year-old man was admitted to the ICU for anuria. He reported no history of urinary disease. The abdominal roentgenography and two echographies showed an empty urinary bladder, a right ureteral calculus without dilatation of the urinary tract. Computed tomography demonstrated the presence of a left ureteral stone. Bilateral retrograde ureteroscopy and drainage allowed a rapid recovery. When the abdominal roentgenography and echography cannot explain the occurrence of anuria, the computed tomography, or better the helical CT, can demonstrate the presence of otherwise unrecognized calculi.
Grandjacques
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Service de réanimation, centre hospitalier général, Villefranche-sur-Saône, France.
Peillon
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Bendjelid
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Combe
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D001002:Anuria / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018666:Ureteroscopy