Ureteral calculi secondary to a gradually migrated acupuncture needle.

We herein presented a case of calculi secondary to a migrated acupuncture needle. A 74-year-old woman with a history of acupuncture therapy for lumbago was referred to our hospital for treatment of ureteral and renal pelvic calculi. Abdominal multi-detector computed tomography scans showed ipsilateral hydronephrosis and two calculi secondary to a migrated acupuncture needle.

[CLINICAL FEATURES OF 15 PATIENTS UNDER SURVEILLANCE FOR RENAL MASSES].

(Objective) We investigated the clinical features of patients under surveillance for localized renal masses. (Methods) This study was a retrospective analysis of 15 patients who were diagnosed as having clinically localized renal cell carcinoma and were placed under surveillance and 68 patients who underwent immediate radical operation for renal masses. (Results) The age at diagnosis in the surveillance group was significantly higher than in the immediate operation group (median, 81 vs.