Post-transplant lymphocele: An unusual cause of acute urinary retention mimicking urethral injury

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 468-470

  Hwang, Eu Chang ^a   Kang, Taek Won ^a   Koh, Yang Seok ^a   Kim, Jung Chul ^a   Ma, Seong Kwon ^a   Kwon, Dong Deuk ^a   Park, Kwangsung ^a   Ryu, Soo Bang ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Lymphocele; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION DISORDER; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA INJURY; URINE RETENTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY RETENTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 33744781062     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2006.01324.x     Document Type: Article

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