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Case Reports
. 2015 Jun;3(1):15-7.
doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1372463. Epub 2014 Aug 4.

A Rare Complication Observed during Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Foreign Body Migration from the Right Kidney to the Left Lung

Mehmet Kaba  1 , Necip Pirinççi  1 , Sultan Kaba  2 , Ufuk Çobanoğlu  3 , Recep Eryılmaz  1 , Hüseyin Eren  1
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A Rare Complication Observed during Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Foreign Body Migration from the Right Kidney to the Left Lung

Mehmet Kaba et al. European J Pediatr Surg Rep. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the first-line treatment in large, multiple stones and lower calyceal stones. Majority of complications associated with PNL are minor and clinically insignificant. It was seen that distal piece (2 cm in size) of ureter catheter observed at pelvis was found at the parenchyma of left lung on the perioperative fluoroscopy in the patient undergoing PNL for right kidney stone. We presented this complication to stress that a foreign body can pass into circulation presumably through venous injury and can migrate to the lung.

Keywords: foreign body; migration; percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

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A noncontrast computed tomography scan showing a 2-cm stone in the right renal pelvis.
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A computed tomography scan showing two linear hyperdense areas in close vicinity on the left pulmonary parenchyma.
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A piece of the stent removed from the left pulmonary parenchyma via a video thorascopic surgery.
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