Disfiguring abdominal mass due to a huge extraordinary calyceal diverticulum.
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The etiology of pyelocaliceal diverticulum is believed to be congenital.(2,4) Calyceal diverticulum seen in the upper (70%), mid (12%), or lower (18%) calyx, arises frequently from the posterior aspect of the kidney and is usually unilateral. Although the typical calyceal cyst is smaller than 1 cm,(5) some larger ones are occasionally detected. Here, we report a huge extraordinary 18 × 16 cm calyceal diverticulum in a 19-year-old woman.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Urology journal
دوره 7 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010