title: A Rare Complication Observed during Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Foreign Body Migration from the Right Kidney to the Left Lung.
abstract: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the first-line treatment in large, multiple stones and lower calyceal stones. Majority of complications associated with PNL are minor and clinically insignificant. It was seen that distal piece (2 cm in size) of ureter catheter observed at pelvis was found at the parenchyma of left lung on the perioperative fluoroscopy in the patient undergoing PNL for right kidney stone. We presented this complication to stress that a foreign body can pass into circulation presumably through venous injury and can migrate to the lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaba
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Necip
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pirinççi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sultan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaba
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Çobanoğlu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eryılmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eren
keywords: foreign body; migration; percutaneous nephrolithotomy