Post-traumatic ureteropelvic junction obstruction.
Ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) injuries secondary to blunt abdominal trauma are rare, have been traditionally described in children and consist in laceration or avulsion of the ureter. The diagnosis is typically delayed owing to associated severe lesions and absence of hematuria in many cases. Late sequelae of non penetrating ureteral injuries have only been anecdotally described in world literature. To the best of our knowledge we report on the first case of UPJ obstruction in an adult man diagnosed 10 years after a blunt abdominal trauma.
Department of Urology, University Hospital, Udine, Italy. giagia73@tin.it
Gianluca
G
Giannarini
Barbara
B
Grossetti
Alfonso
A
Crisci
Cesare
C
Selli
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*