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Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction by a Long Intraluminal Polyp and a Concurrent Crossing Vein in a Symptomatic 8-Year-old Child

Abstract

Ureteropelvic junction obstruction due to intrinsic causes is often diagnosed antenatally during routine ultrasonography. Cases of extrinsic obstruction often present later and symptomatically, during childhood. We describe the rare case of an 8-year-old boy with a 2-day history of severe left flank pain, no fevers, and Society of Fetal Urology grade 3 hydronephrosis on ultrasonography. Laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty revealed a left …

Authors

Ramirez DMC; Tu HYV; Braga LH

Journal

Urology, Vol. 86, No. 3, pp. 599–601

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

September 2015

DOI

10.1016/j.urology.2015.05.009

ISSN

0090-4295