title: Ureteral rupture after blunt abdominal trauma in a child with unknown horseshoe kidney.
abstract: More than 90% of renal injuries in children result from blunt abdominal trauma. A 10-year-old female had a blunt abdominal trauma with macro-hematuria. The computed tomography scan revealed the presence of a horseshoe kidney and a 3rd grade renal lesion and contrast leakage from the right ureter. The ureteral rupture was confirmed by cystoscopy and ascendant pyelography and than a double J-stent was implanted. The stent was removed one month later. Non-surgical management has become the standard of care for both ureteral and renal lesions in children. Non-surgical treatment is a safe procedure for renal trauma with ureteral rupture in children.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgical Unit, Department of Surgical Sciences, G.B. Rossi Hospital, Verona. dr.zampieri@libero.it.
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mariotto
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zampieri
authors.forename: Mariangela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cecchetto
authors.forename: Francesco Saverio
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Camoglio
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003558:Cystoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D000069337:Fused Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012421:Rupture; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014513:Ureter / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*