International Brazilian Journal of Urology (Jul 2013)

Endoscopic management of ureteral calculus in a patient with ureterosigmoidostomy diversion

  • Leonardo de Albuquerque dos Santos Abreu,
  • Celso Lara,
  • Marco Antonio Dionisio,
  • Alexandre Dias Pelosi,
  • Fatima Aparecida Ferreira Figueiredo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2013.04.19
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 39, no. 4
pp. 593 – 596

Abstract

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Lithiasis after urinary diversion is an uncommon condition that poses therapeutic challenges. The authors report the case of a patient submitted to cystectomy and ureterosigmoidostomy 35 years ago due to bladder endometriosis. The patient presented with a ureteral stone and was treated by retrograde endoscopic extraction.

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