Spontaneous rupture of the renal pelvis caused by calculus: a case report.
Rupture of the urinary collecting system associated with peripelvic extravasation of the urine is an unusual condition and commonly associated with obstructing calculus. We report a patient, recently given chemotherapy due to lymphoma, with acute abdomen symptoms. He had a renal pelvis rupture with perirenal extravasation of urine, an uncommon condition due to a stone in the ureter. Diagnosis was suspected on serial ultrasonography, and confirmed by computed tomograhy. Diagnosis, follow-up, and therapeutic approach are discussed.
Koktener
Asli
A
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Fatih University, Ankara, Turkey.
Unal
Dogan
D
Dilmen
Gulcin
G
Koc
Akif
A
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000150:complications*