title: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy to remove a cartridge detonating cap mimicking a renal pelvic stone 12 years after renal trauma.
abstract: Complications of gunshot injuries of the kidney usually present in the early postoperative period. We describe a case of a cartridge's plastic detonating cap retained in the renal pelvis of a young male patient for 12 years. Renal colic was the cause of admission. This missile's part was mimicking a renal stone on both an intravenous urogram and a CT scan. The nature of the "stone" was identified during a percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedure during which the foreign body was removed.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Urology, University of Athens, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bissas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dellis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bafaloukas
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sopilidis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Livadas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skolarikos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000175:diagnosis*