Percutaneous nephrolithotomy to remove a cartridge detonating cap mimicking a renal pelvic stone 12 years after renal trauma.
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.
Bissas
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2nd Department of Urology, University of Athens, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Dellis
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Bafaloukas
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Sopilidis
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O
Livadas
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Skolarikos
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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*