title: Misplacement or migration? Extremely rare case of cardiac migration of a ureteral j stent.
abstract: A 29-year-old woman with mild back pain when coughing and suprapubic discomfort after voiding was admitted to Pusan National University Hospital. Two weeks earlier, she had undergone a hysterectomy and right-sided ureteroneocystostomy for uterine atony and right ureteral injury with bladder rupture. Computed tomography showed that a ureteral J stent extended from the right ovarian vein to the right cardiac chamber. The stent was retrieved via both femoral veins with a snare loop and pigtail catheter. Computed tomography showed that the urinary and vascular tracts were normal 5 months after the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Nam
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Chan Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Do Hoon
authors.initials: do H
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong Kil
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Zoo
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Foreign-body migration; Heart; Stents