Hydronephrosis Secondary to Bladder Distension

Giant hydronephrosis: a rare cause of gross abdominal distension.

A 53-year old man was admitted with painless progressive abdominal distension of 1 year duration. He was a lorry driver and his abdomen started touching the steering wheel, making his job difficult. The abdominal distension was increasing despite treatment for “presumed” ascites. Clinical examination revealed a symmetrically distended abdomen with no palpable masses (Figure1). The swelling was ...

Hydronephrosis secondary to sliding inguinal hernia containing the ureter.

Symptomatic uraemia from bilateral obstructive uropathy secondary to metastatic urinary bladder cancer showing only unilateral hydronephrosis: a case report

Bilateral hydronephrosis is classic for supravesical obstructive uropathy causing uraemia with dual functioning kidneys. Recently, a patient presented with uraemia and metastatic urinary bladder carcinoma but only unilateral right-sided hydronephrosis. A right ureteral stent was placed retrograde and no further intervention was planned since the left kidney appeared normal, and since the left u...

Bladder calcification secondary to ketamine.

Hydronephrosis secondary to a seminoma in abdominal cryptorchid testis.

The incidence of testicular cancer in cryptorchidism is 30 to 50 times higher than in general population. We present a case of hydronephrosis caused by a seminoma in an abdominal cryptorchid testis. A 22 years old male presented abdominal and right flank pain, and haematuria. Despite the fact that he could not feel right testis since he was 7 years old, he had never looked for treatment. A huge...