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Three-Dimensional Volume Rendering of Entrapped Malecot Nephrostomy Catheter by Granulation Tissue
- Source :
- Urology Case Reports, Vol 12, Iss C, Pp 64-66 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2017.
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Abstract
- An 87-year-old man undergoing radical cystectomy and bilateral nephrostomy visited our hospital 19 days postoperatively because of a lack of urine flow from the left 14-Fr Malecot nephrostomy catheter. The catheter was apparently firmly anchored to the kidney, and an attempt to reposition the catheter failed. Three-dimensional computed tomography volume rendering indicated a deformity of the left catheter compared with the right, implying that something was lodged in the Malecot flanges. Surgical removal of the catheter 2 days later revealed granulation tissue overbridging the Malecot wings. We cut the tissue, and the catheter was successfully exchanged.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22144420
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- C
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Urology Case Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3920fc651d7648ccb3327393ebc748ac
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2017.03.002