Misplacement or migration? Extremely rare case of cardiac migration of a ureteral J stent - Abstract

A 29-year-old woman with mild back pain when coughing and suprapubic discomfort after voiding was admitted to Pusan National University Hospital.

Two weeks earlier, she had undergone a hysterectomy and right-sided ureteroneocystostomy for uterine atony and right ureteral injury with bladder rupture. Computed tomography showed that a ureteral J stent extended from the right ovarian vein to the right cardiac chamber. The stent was retrieved via both femoral veins with a snare loop and pigtail catheter. Computed tomography showed that the urinary and vascular tracts were normal 5 months after the procedure.

Written by:
Kim TN, Lee CH, Kong do H, Shin DK, Lee JZ.   Are you the author?
Department of Urology, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Reference: Korean J Urol. 2014 May;55(5):360-2.
doi: 10.4111/kju.2014.55.5.360


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