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[Rare cause of an abdominal emergency--case 6/2014]
Elko Randrianarisoa1, Martin Kächele1, Jörg Henes2
1Medizinische Klinik IV - Endokrinologie und Diabetologie, Angiologie, Nephrologie und klinische Chemie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen.
History And Admission Findings:
We report on a 58-year-old male patient with abdominal and right-sided flank pain, who presented with the picture of an acute abdominal emergency.
Investigations:
Laboratory tests revealed evidence of an inflammation and a hematuria. In the Doppler duplex ultrasound and computed tomography, chronic idiopathic periaortitis was diagnosed. The inflammatory-fibrosing disease resulted in urine retention and rupture of the fornix of the right kidney.
Diagnosis, Treatment And Course:
After surgical implementation of an ureteral stent and initiation of immunosuppressive therapy, it came to an improvement of the symptoms.
Conclusions:
In the differential diagnosis of an acute abdominal emergency, diseases of the aorta should be taken into account. Especially in male patients with anatomical complications it is important to exclude an inflammatory-fibrosing disease.
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