Previously unseen 80L giant hydronephrosis

Rafael Nascimento Vilares; Vinicius Menezes Jesus; Thalita Bento Talizin; Gabriel Carvalho Dos Anjos Silva; Bruno Nicolino Cezarino; Marco Antonio Arap

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101426

Previously unseen 80L giant hydronephrosis

Urol Case Rep. 2020 Sep 23:33:101426. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101426. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

Rafael Nascimento Vilares¹, Vinicius Menezes Jesus¹, Thalita Bento Talizin², Gabriel Carvalho Dos Anjos Silva¹, Bruno Nicolino Cezarino¹, Marco Antonio Arap^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Divisão de Urologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Departamento de Cirurgia Geral, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Hospital Sírio-Libanês - São Paulo, Brazil.

Abstract

Here we describe the case of a patient who was referred to our institution with an immense abdominal volume of unknown origin. The patient was unable to stand up and therefore was bedridden. A giant hydronephrotic kidney was diagnosed and total volume of urine removed was 80L. Nephrectomy was uneventful and, despite his acquired thoracic and abdominal deformities, he was able to recover completely. This is the largest reported hydroneprosis in the literature.

Keywords: 1.Giant hydronephrosis; 2.Ureteropelvic junction obstruction; 3. percutaneous nephrostomy.

Publication types

Case Reports