Urine leaks usually result from blunt or penetrating trauma to the kidneys.
Occasionally, urine leaks can be caused by back pressure from urinary obstruction caused by large urinary stones or a pelvic mass. We present the case of a 56-year-old man with an unusual urine leak caused by a small 2-mm renal stone.
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Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Reference: Clin Nucl Med. 2013 Nov;38(11):919-921.
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182a75957
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24089065
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