Case Report
Ureteral Diaphragmatic Hernia Treated with Ureteral Stenting: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Review of ureteral diaphragmatic hernia reported in the literature in English.
| No. | Author | Year | Age/gender | Laterality | Presentation | Hernia orifice | Treatment |
| 1 | Swithinbank | 1958 | 60/F | R | Right flank pain | BF | Surgical repair | 2 | Paterson | 1989 | 75/M | R | Right flank pain | BF | Surgical repair | 3 | Chawla | 1994 | 56/M | R | Workup for left flank pain | BF | NA | 4 | Catalano | 1998 | 63/F | R | Workup for renal stones | Retrocrural | Surgical repair | 5 | Sukumar | 2010 | 75/F | R | Workup for azotemia | BF | Conservative | 6 | Balakrishnan | 2011 | 83/F | R | Right flank pain | BF | Ureteral stenting | 7 | Song | 2011 | 75/M | R | Right flank pain | BF | Ureteral stenting | 8 | Osman | 2012 | 65/M | R | Right flank pain | BF | Conservative | 9 | Hatzidakis | 2014 | 86/F | R | Septic obstructive pyelonephritis | BF | PNS→ureteral stenting | 10 | Almeida | 2015 | 82/F | R | Workup for lung nodule | Retrocrural | NA | 11 | Dru | 2016 | 94/F | R | Right flank pain | BF | Ureteral stenting | 12 | Lin | 2017 | 81/F | R | Right flank pain | BF | Ureteral stenting→surgical repair | 13 | Beland | 2019 | 84/F | R | Workup for ureteral stone | DP | Ureteral stenting | 14 | Heidar | 2019 | 71/M | R | Workup for vomiting | DP | Conservative | 15 | Current case | 2021 | 85/F | R | Right flank pain, fever | DC | Ureteral stenting |
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BF: Bochdalek foramen; DP: diaphragm; DC: diaphragmatic crus; NA: not available.
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