• Title of article

    Urolithiasis Associated with Bilateral Pelvic Diverticula: A Case Report

  • Author/Authors

    Gholam-Ali Hamedbarghi، نويسنده , , Mohammad-Hossein Daghighi، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    114
  • To page
    117
  • Abstract
    We present a case of renal stone associated with bilateral pelvic diverticula. The initial diagnosis by ultrasonography and plain abdomen radiography (KUB) was urolithiasis with a 15-mm calculus in the right renal pelvis. The patient was referred for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, but no stone fragments were yielded. So, further evaluations were performed by using repeated ultrasonography, intravenous urography, and computerized tomography, which revealed the presence of diverticula in both right and left renal pelvises with stone fragments within the right sided diverticulum. We concluded that intravenous urography and contrast-enhanced computerized tomography are essential for confirmation of diagnosis when ultrasonographic findings suggest the presence of renal cystic lesions, or when stone fragments are not yielded after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.
  • Keywords
    diverticulum , intravenous urography (IVU) , renal calculus , CT SCAN
  • Journal title
    Archives of Iranian Medicine
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Archives of Iranian Medicine
  • Record number

    662802