title: Treatment of Fraleys syndrome by upper-pole nephrectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fraleys syndrome is characterized by vascular compression on the superior infundibulum with secondary dilatation of the upper pole calyx, mostly located on the right side.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present the case of a 22-year-old woman with vascular compression of the upper-pole infundibulocalyceal system (Fraleys syndrome). The patient had a history of frequent hospitalizations for emergency care due to lumbar pain over the past twelve months. The diagnosis was obtained following renal arteriography. Since the surgical treatment by means of upper-pole nephrectomy, the patient has not had any further symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saude Publica, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thaís Bandeira
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Cerqueira
authors.forename: Natalia Bacellar Costa
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Romeu Magno
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Baptista Neto
authors.forename: José Cohim
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Moreira Filho
authors.forename: Luiz Eduardo
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Café
mesh_terms: D003085:Colic / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D021501:Flank Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013577:Syndrome; D055815:Young Adult