Assessment of renal graft obstruction due to ureteral inguinal hernia: US detection and 3D MR confirmation

N Verbeeck; J B Niedercorn; D Mc Intyre; D Pouthier; S Lamy

Assessment of renal graft obstruction due to ureteral inguinal hernia: US detection and 3D MR confirmation

JBR-BTR. 2007 Mar-Apr;90(2):132-4.

Authors

N Verbeeck¹, J B Niedercorn, D Mc Intyre, D Pouthier, S Lamy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, 4, rue Barblé, L-1210 Luxembourg, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg.

PMID: 17555076

Abstract

In most cases, renal graft obstruction is caused by ureteral stenosis due to ischemia or technical error. Exceptional cases have been published where the obstacle was the result of incarceration of the ureter in an inguinal hernia. We report a case of this type, which prompt assessment was possible due to ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging with 3D reconstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Hernia, Inguinal / complications*
Hernia, Inguinal / diagnosis
Hernia, Inguinal / diagnostic imaging
Hernia, Inguinal / surgery
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Kidney Transplantation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Ultrasonography
Ureteral Obstruction / diagnosis
Ureteral Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
Ureteral Obstruction / etiology*
Ureteral Obstruction / surgery