Hydronephrosis: An Unusual Complication of a Diverticular Abscess

Acute diverticulitis is a common medical condition with known complications such as abscess, perforation, obstruction, and fistula formation, among others. Ureteral complications such as hydronephrosis have rarely been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with divertic...

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Autores principales: Sohal, Aalam, Chaudhry, Hunza, Li, Lin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9717731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36475204
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31016
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description Acute diverticulitis is a common medical condition with known complications such as abscess, perforation, obstruction, and fistula formation, among others. Ureteral complications such as hydronephrosis have rarely been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with diverticulitis found to have a perisigmoid abscess complicated by left-sided hydronephrosis. It is essential to consider this entity in patients with right lower quadrant pain to ensure prompt diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-97177312022-12-05 Hydronephrosis: An Unusual Complication of a Diverticular Abscess Sohal, Aalam Chaudhry, Hunza Li, Lin Cureus Gastroenterology Acute diverticulitis is a common medical condition with known complications such as abscess, perforation, obstruction, and fistula formation, among others. Ureteral complications such as hydronephrosis have rarely been reported in the literature. We report the case of a 40-year-old man with diverticulitis found to have a perisigmoid abscess complicated by left-sided hydronephrosis. It is essential to consider this entity in patients with right lower quadrant pain to ensure prompt diagnosis and treatment. Cureus 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9717731/ /pubmed/36475204 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31016 Text en Copyright © 2022, Sohal et al. https://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.
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Hydronephrosis: An Unusual Complication of a Diverticular Abscess
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title_full Hydronephrosis: An Unusual Complication of a Diverticular Abscess
title_fullStr Hydronephrosis: An Unusual Complication of a Diverticular Abscess
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title_short Hydronephrosis: An Unusual Complication of a Diverticular Abscess
title_sort hydronephrosis: an unusual complication of a diverticular abscess
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9717731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36475204
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.31016
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