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An Aspergilloma Mistaken for a Pelviureteral Stone on Nonenhanced CT: A Fungal Bezoar Causing Ureteral Obstruction

Fungus balls rarely cause upper urinary tract obstruction, and they are most often found in patients with diabetes mellitus or impaired immunity. The computed tomography (CT) findings of fungal bezoars of the urinary tract are nonspecific and have rarely been described, while in most cases, radioluc...

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Autor principal: Lee, Sang Wook
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Urological Association 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20414401
http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2010.51.3.216
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description Fungus balls rarely cause upper urinary tract obstruction, and they are most often found in patients with diabetes mellitus or impaired immunity. The computed tomography (CT) findings of fungal bezoars of the urinary tract are nonspecific and have rarely been described, while in most cases, radiolucent filling defects are observed on excretory or retrograde urography. Here, an unusual case of an aspergilloma causing ureteral obstruction is presented; it was initially mistaken for a pelviureteral stone on nonenhanced CT.
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spelling pubmed-28554462010-04-22 An Aspergilloma Mistaken for a Pelviureteral Stone on Nonenhanced CT: A Fungal Bezoar Causing Ureteral Obstruction Lee, Sang Wook Korean J Urol Case Report Fungus balls rarely cause upper urinary tract obstruction, and they are most often found in patients with diabetes mellitus or impaired immunity. The computed tomography (CT) findings of fungal bezoars of the urinary tract are nonspecific and have rarely been described, while in most cases, radiolucent filling defects are observed on excretory or retrograde urography. Here, an unusual case of an aspergilloma causing ureteral obstruction is presented; it was initially mistaken for a pelviureteral stone on nonenhanced CT. The Korean Urological Association 2010-03 2010-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2855446/ /pubmed/20414401 http://dx.doi.org/10.4111/kju.2010.51.3.216 Text en Copyright © The Korean Urological Association, 2010 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title An Aspergilloma Mistaken for a Pelviureteral Stone on Nonenhanced CT: A Fungal Bezoar Causing Ureteral Obstruction
title_full An Aspergilloma Mistaken for a Pelviureteral Stone on Nonenhanced CT: A Fungal Bezoar Causing Ureteral Obstruction
title_fullStr An Aspergilloma Mistaken for a Pelviureteral Stone on Nonenhanced CT: A Fungal Bezoar Causing Ureteral Obstruction
title_full_unstemmed An Aspergilloma Mistaken for a Pelviureteral Stone on Nonenhanced CT: A Fungal Bezoar Causing Ureteral Obstruction
title_short An Aspergilloma Mistaken for a Pelviureteral Stone on Nonenhanced CT: A Fungal Bezoar Causing Ureteral Obstruction
title_sort aspergilloma mistaken for a pelviureteral stone on nonenhanced ct: a fungal bezoar causing ureteral obstruction
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855446/
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