[A CASE REPORT: LITHIASIS OF THE LEFT ECTOPIC PELVIC KIDNEY]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 2018;109(1):54-57. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol.109.54.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report a case of lithiasis of the left ectopic pelvic kidney. A 70-year-old man was admitted to our department for left lower back pain. He has been aware of gross hematuria since three or four years before. Computed tomography demonstrated the left ectopic pelvic kidney with a 16-mm stone and a 5-mm stone in the renal pelvis which was accompanied by hydronephrosis. Ten days later, the renal pelvic stones moved to the renal calices and the symptoms disappeared. Though a pyeloureteral junction obstruction was not evident, renogram showed a obstruction pattern of the left kidney. He had been followed up for six years, then the stone was impacted in the renal pelvis and hydronephrosis worsened. Open pyelolithotomy was performed. His clinical course was uneventful and no evidence of recurrence has been observed.

Keywords: ectopic pelvic kidney; nephrolithiasis; pyelolithotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choristoma*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hydronephrosis / etiology
  • Kidney Calculi / complications
  • Kidney Calculi / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Calculi / surgery*
  • Kidney Pelvis / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Pelvis / surgery*
  • Kidney*
  • Male
  • Pelvic Floor Disorders*
  • Radioisotope Renography
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urologic Surgical Procedures / methods