"Giant" hydronephrosis.

Abdom Radiol (NY)

Department of Radiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston Salem, NC, 27157, USA.

Published: May 2019

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