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To report a rare case of spontaneous renal pelvis rupture due to ureteral lithiasis and review the associated literature.

Rupture of Renal Pelvis: A Case Report and Literature Review of a Rare Complication of Ureteral Lithiasis

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Case report reveals renal pelvis rupture in one patient, highlighting diagnostic and treatment challenges.

To report a rare case of spontaneous renal pelvis rupture due to ureteral lithiasis and review the associated literature.
Presented a case of a 45-year-old male with acute renal pain diagnosed via computed tomography.
Managed with percutaneous nephrostomy and drainage tube for urinary extravasation in the urinoma.
Follow-up CT nephrostomography assessed healing of the renal pelvis.
Renal pelvis rupture with urinary extravasation was confirmed by imaging.
Complete healing of the renal pelvis was observed on follow-up imaging without residual extravasation.
No obstructing calculus was identified post-treatment.

Giannakodimos et al. (2026) studied this question.

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