by Yuzawa M; Hara Y; Kobayashi Y; Ishiyama S; Tozuka K; Nakamura S; Tokue A.
[Foreign body stone of the ureter as a complication of acupuncture:
report of a case].
Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica, 1991 Oct, 37(10):1323-7.
Language: Japanese.
(uI: 92095225)
Pub type: Journal Article; Review; Review of Reported cases.
AT: UCLA Biomed W1 HI428
SRLF W1 HI428
(PE title: Hinyokika Kiyo. Acta Urologica Japonica.)
Abstract: A 47-year-old female was admitted to our clinic with the suspicion
of ureteral foreign body. She had undergone acupuncture for left lumbago
twelve years earlier. Plain X-ray film revealed a linear shadow and
calcified shadows laterally to left third lumber vertebra. Computed
tomographic scan and pyelogram showed them located in the left ureter. Left
ureterolithotomy was performed successfully. The removed stone was
accompanied by an acupuncture needle. Including our case, twelve cases of
foreign bodies as a complication of acupuncture in the upper urinary tract
reported in the Japanese literature were reviewed.