title: Giant hydronephrotic kidney mimicking intestinal obstruction.
abstract: We describe a case of small bowel obstruction in a thirty-year-old adult male, which was discovered to be on account of a large hydronephrotic nonfunctioning kidney. An emergency percutaneous nephrostomy alleviated the massive abdominal distension and symptoms of small bowel obstruction. We have reviewed the causes, differential diagnosis and discussed the manner of such a unique and rare presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. ansarimsa@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: Iqbal
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Hemal
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler