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Incidental radiological discovery of a hydroclayx by a reno-vascular obstruction in a woman: Fraley’s syndrome

Incidental radiological discovery of a hydroclayx by a reno-vascular obstruction in a woman: Fraley’s syndrome

Amine Slaoui1,&, Ahmed Ibn Attya Andaloussi1

 

1Urology B Ibn Sina Hospital Rabat, Mohammed V University Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

 

 

&Corresponding author
Amine Slaoui, Urology B Ibn Sina Hospital Rabat, Mohammed V University Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

 

 

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A 47-year old patient without significant antecedents consultedfor a single episode of hematuria. The urine culture was negative. CT highlighted a hydrocalycosis related to extrinsic compression by a vascular pedicle. It corresponds to Fraley’s syndrome. The patient was asymptomatic so the treatment consisted of a survey with regular clinical examinations.

 

Figure 1: hydrocalycosis related to extrinsic compression by a vascular pedicle (reconstruction)