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Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female
A 23-year-old, previously healthy female presented with lower abdominal pain and mildly elevated creatinine one month following a right ureter stent for non-specific ureteral thickening causing obstruction. On admission, computed tomography (CT) revealed moderate hydronephrosis of the left kidney th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922531 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2490 |
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author | Parekh, Jai D Iguidbashian, John Andukuri, Venkata |
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description | A 23-year-old, previously healthy female presented with lower abdominal pain and mildly elevated creatinine one month following a right ureter stent for non-specific ureteral thickening causing obstruction. On admission, computed tomography (CT) revealed moderate hydronephrosis of the left kidney that would require stent placement as well. During stent placement, it was noted that the gross appearance of the ureters resembled ureteritis cystica. Biopsies were taken and showed signs of chronic inflammatory changes consistent with this diagnosis. Interestingly, this patient had no obvious medical history suggesting a cause for this process. She had been otherwise healthy with no recurrent episodes of urinary tract infection, nephrolithiasis, or sexually transmitted infection. The patient was discharged symptom-free following stent placement and will follow with urology for future stent replacements and clinical monitoring. |
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spelling | pubmed-60037942018-06-19 Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female Parekh, Jai D Iguidbashian, John Andukuri, Venkata Cureus Internal Medicine A 23-year-old, previously healthy female presented with lower abdominal pain and mildly elevated creatinine one month following a right ureter stent for non-specific ureteral thickening causing obstruction. On admission, computed tomography (CT) revealed moderate hydronephrosis of the left kidney that would require stent placement as well. During stent placement, it was noted that the gross appearance of the ureters resembled ureteritis cystica. Biopsies were taken and showed signs of chronic inflammatory changes consistent with this diagnosis. Interestingly, this patient had no obvious medical history suggesting a cause for this process. She had been otherwise healthy with no recurrent episodes of urinary tract infection, nephrolithiasis, or sexually transmitted infection. The patient was discharged symptom-free following stent placement and will follow with urology for future stent replacements and clinical monitoring. Cureus 2018-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6003794/ /pubmed/29922531 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2490 Text en Copyright © 2018, Parekh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Parekh, Jai D Iguidbashian, John Andukuri, Venkata Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female |
title | Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female |
title_full | Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female |
title_fullStr | Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female |
title_full_unstemmed | Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female |
title_short | Ureteritis Cystica: An Unusual Presentation in an Otherwise Healthy Female |
title_sort | ureteritis cystica: an unusual presentation in an otherwise healthy female |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003794/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29922531 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2490 |
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