| UROLOGICAL IMAGES |
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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 85-86 |
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Ureteropelvic junction obstruction - mimicking an “elephant head” on magnetic resonance imaging
Sony Bhaskar Mehta, Hariharan Krishnamoorthy, Biju Pillai
Department of Urology, Lourdes Hospital, Kochi, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Hariharan Krishnamoorthy
Department of Urology, Lourdes Hospital, Kochi, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/iju.IJU_282_17
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Ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO) with giant hydronephrosis is relatively rare in adults as compared to children. Most of the UPJO reported or seen in daily practice have a distinct hydronephrosis with a narrow ureteropelvic junction and a collapsed ureter distally. We present images a case of an adult female with Left UPJO, which on MRI mimicked an 'elephant head'. |
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