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Maike Metzen1, Michael Kowar1, Gerold Solleder2
1Klinik für Geriatrie mit Neurologie und Tagesklinik, Johanniter-Krankenhaus Bonn.
History And Clinical Findings:
In the following case report, we describe a patient with acute renal failure due to an urinary congestion level II-III under BCG-(Bacillus Calmette-Guérin)-therapy because of bladder cancer. Cystoscopy revealed the diagnosis of BCG-induced intramural narrowing of distal ureters bilaterally.
Therapy And Further Development:
After receiving a double-J-catheter the renal function returned to normal.
Conclusions:
Although postrenal failure is relatively rare (5 %), also seldom causes such as medication-induced (e. g. BCG) ureter stenosis has to be included into the differential diagnosis.
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