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Urological complications of granulomatous ileocolitis can be as life threatening as the primary gastrointestinal disease. Previous reports of solitary left ureteric obstruction have all been associated with granulomatous involvement of either the sigmoid colon or proximal jejunum. Our patient represents the first confirmed example of isolated left hydroureter and hydronephrosis secondary to non-specific granulomatous disease of the terminal ileum and proximal ascending colon.
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