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Spontaneous perforation of the ureter: endourological management with renal preservation
M C Goel1, R Ramanathan, G Banerjee
1Department of Urology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Urologia Internationalis
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Spontaneous perforation of the ureter proximal to an obstruction has not been well described in the literature. We present a rare case of spontaneous perforation of the ureter, proximal to a radiolucent upper ureteric stone, in a 58-year-old diabetic female, causing a large infected urinoma and septicaemia in a solitary functioning kidney. The diagnosis was confirmed by computer tomography scan. We managed the case successfully by endourology only. The case emphasizes the importance of the differential diagnosis in a diabetic patient with obstructive uropathy.