title: Ureterosciatic hernia successfully treated by ureteral stent placement.
abstract: A 76-year-old woman with history of cholecystectomy, hysterectomy, and vesicourethral suspension presented with acute lumbar backache and discomfort in the lower abdomen and severe nausea, with frequent vomiting, but without any associated fever. Physical examination revealed knocking tenderness at the left costal-vertebral angle. The patient's serum white blood cell count was 14,900/mm(3) and the results of other laboratory tests, including urinalysis, were normal. Non-enhanced computed tomography revealed left hydroureteronephrosis and obstruction of the distal left ureter with herniation into the sciatic foramen. A left ureteral stent was inserted with a double-J stent. The stent was removed after 2 months and thereafter the patient did not experience any recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Saga Prefectural Hospital Koseikan, Saga, Japan. kiasamatomogisu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Futoshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morokuma
authors.forename: Takehiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanou
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tokuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis; D012074:Remission Induction; D015607:Stents; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013520:Urologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods