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Focal necrosis of the ureter following CT-guided chemical sympathectomy

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Focal necrosis of the ureter was observed in our patient 7 days after CT-guided chemical sympathectomy. The injection of phenol was apparently rendered remote from the ureter and still caused ureteric necrosis. Ureteric injury may thus result following chemical sympathectomy, not from direct puncture of the ureter, but from unpredictable individual diffusion pathways.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires UCL de Mont-Godinne, B-5330, Yvoir, Belgium

    Jean-Paul Trigaux M.D., Béatrice Decoene & Bernard Van Beers

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Trigaux, JP., Decoene, B. & Van Beers, B. Focal necrosis of the ureter following CT-guided chemical sympathectomy. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 15, 180–182 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02735584

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