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Spontaneous ureteral rupture in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
Southern Medical Journal
|August 1, 1983
Abstract:
A patient with known systemic lupus erythematosus had fever and symptoms of a lower urinary tract infection. Bone scintigraphy showed left ureteral perforation and necrosis with no demonstrable nephrolithiasis. It is speculated that this episode was due to lupus vasculitis.