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J Ren Endocrinol. 2024;10: e25145.
doi: 10.34172/jre.2024.25145
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Case Report

No; it’s not hydronephrosis - it is pseudohydronephrosis!

Macaulay Amechi Chukwukadibia Onuigbo* ORCID logo

1 Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
*Corresponding Author: Macaulay Amechi Chukwukadibia Onuigbo, Email: macaulay.onuigbo@uvmhealth.org, , Email: monuigbo27@hotmail.com

Abstract

Bilateral hydronephrosis usually implies the presence of clinically relevant obstructive uropathy and renal ultrasound is often utilized for this non-invasive and easily available diagnostic step. On the other hand, pseudohydronephrosis, defined as renal imaging characteristics that mimic obstructive uropathy without obstructive pathology, has only been very scantily reported. Pseudohydronephrosis was first described in 1949. The misdiagnosis of true hydronephrosis in such scenarios raises the specter of unnecessary, expensive, invasive, and potentially dangerous investigations and procedures. We describe herein bilateral renal cysts mimicking bilateral hydronephrosis. Physician caution is warranted.

Citation: Onuigbo MAC. No; it’s not hydronephrosis - it is pseudohydronephrosis! J Ren Endocrinol. 2024;10:e25145. doi: 10.34172/ jre.2024.25145.
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