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Published on: January 7, 2019
Spontaneous resolution of ureterovaginal fistula
Alberto Palacios Hernández1, Pablo Eguíluz Lumbreras, Oscar Heredero Zorzo
1Urology Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. apalacioshernandez@gmail.com
Objective:
We report one case of a spontaneous resolution of a uretero-vaginal fistula, and we review the current diagnostic and therapeutic features of this condition in the literature.
Methods:
We present the case of a 41-year-old woman who, during the late postoperative period of a radical hysterectomy, presented episodes of daily and nocturnal incontinence with episodic flank pain compatible with uretero-vaginal fistula.
Results:
One month after diagnosis the patient does not report incontinence during day or night, and the lumbar pain has disappeared. An intravenous urography shows that there has been a spontaneous resolution of the uretero-vaginal fistula.
Conclusions:
Spontaneous resolution of a uretero-vaginal fistula is rare. Most fistulas require endourological or surgical treatment.
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