A 76-year-old woman was diagnosed with invasive bladder cancer and underwent cystectomy, bilateral external iliac, internal iliac and obturator lymph node dissection, and bilateral cutaneous ureterostomy. Pathological findings showed no lymph node metastasis ; however, the patient had lower abdominal pain and fever from the 14th postoperative day, and computed tomography (CT) revealed fluid retention in the pelvis. Retrograde pyelography showed no leakage from the urinary tract, and a drain was placed after percutaneous puncture of the pelvic cavity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 74-year-old woman was transported to an emergency room of a general hospital with sudden left flank pain. After examination, the pain was attributed to left hydronephrosis resulting from left retroperitoneal fibrosis (RF). The pain and renal function improved after left ureteral stenting.
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