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1: J Emerg Med. 2007 Aug;33(2):127-9. Epub 2007 Jun 5.Click here to read Links

Spontaneous rupture of the renal pelvis caused by calculus: a case report.

Koktener A, Unal D, Dilmen G, Koc A.

Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Fatih University, Ankara, Turkey.

Rupture of the urinary collecting system associated with peripelvic extravasation of the urine is an unusual condition and commonly associated with obstructing calculus. We report a patient, recently given chemotherapy due to lymphoma, with acute abdomen symptoms. He had a renal pelvis rupture with perirenal extravasation of urine, an uncommon condition due to a stone in the ureter. Diagnosis was suspected on serial ultrasonography, and confirmed by computed tomograhy. Diagnosis, follow-up, and therapeutic approach are discussed.

PMID: 17692761 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]