Rahmi ONUR, İrfan ORHAN, Hüseyin HAYIT, Can BAYDİNÇ, Fatih YALÇINKAYA

Giant hydronephrosis: An unusual cause of intraabdominal mass

Dev hidronefroz, renal pelvi-kalisiyel sistem içerisinde 1 litreden daha fazla sıvı birikimi olarak tanımlanır. Dev hidronefroz olan olgularda böbrek ve renal pelvis orta hattı geçip tüm batını kaplayabilir ve çeşitli semptomlar verebileceği gibi asemptomatik de kalabilir. Literatürde bildirilen dev hidronefroz olguları sayı olarak birkaç yüzü geçmez, dolayısıyla hala nadir bir klinik antite olarak önemini sürdürmektedir. Bu çalışmada dev bir intraabdominal kitle nedeniyle kliniğimize başvuran 23 yaşında dev hidronefrozlu bayan hasta incelendi.

Dev hidronefroz: Nadir bir intraabdominal kitle nedeni

Giant hydronephrosis is defined as the collection of more than 1 liter of fluid within renal pelvi-calyceal system. When it exists the kidney and renal pelvis can extend across the midline and may occupy the entire abdomen resulting in several symptoms or may still remain asymptomatic. The number of giant hydronephrosis cases reported in literature is not greater than a few hundreds, thus it remains to be an unusual clinical picture that has to be noticed. In the present case we report a 23-year-old woman with giant hydronephrosis presenting with a huge abdominal mass.

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