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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr 17:2018:2470369.
doi: 10.1155/2018/2470369. eCollection 2018.

Bilateral Giant Hydronephrosis in a Ten-Year-Old Male

Sowmini P Kamath  1 , K Ganesh Pai  2 , B Shantharam Baliga  1
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Bilateral Giant Hydronephrosis in a Ten-Year-Old Male

Sowmini P Kamath et al. Case Rep Pediatr. .

Abstract

We describe a ten-year-old male with bilateral giant hydronephrosis due to pelviureteric junction obstruction presenting with abdominal distension and renal failure. The diagnosis was confirmed on computed tomography and required a two-stage procedure, initially percutaneous nephrostomy followed by Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty with recovery of kidney function.

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Figure 1
Abdomen grossly distended with a cystic mass.
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Figure 2
CT abdomen showing the renal mass occupying the entire abdomen.
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Postoperative picture at recent follow-up.
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