Unusual cause of ureteral obstruction in transplant kidney.
Ultrasound and computed tomographic images are described in a patient who underwent renal transplantation and presented with hydronephrosis and partial ureteral obstruction secondary to herniation of the transplant ureter into a left inguinal hernia. To our knowledge, this is the first report of herniation of a transplanted ureter in the inguinal canal resulting in or exacerbating ureteral obstruction.
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Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA.
Sirlin
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Precht
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Casola
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D000328:Adult; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014513:Ureter / Q000637:transplantation*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*