A case of hydronephrosis caused by arteriosclerotic compression of the renal pelvis.
We present the case of a 65-year-old woman with vascular compression of the renal pelvis, causing calyectasis. The diagnosis was a subtype of Fraley's syndrome. The cause of compression was concluded to be arteriosclerotic change of both the renal artery and the abdominal aorta.
Yoshida
H
H
Department of Urology, Toyooka Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
Shirahase
T
T
Isogawa
Y
Y
Taki
Y
Y
Takeuchi
H
H
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014567:Urography