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Table 1 Summarized data from the previous and our current reports

From: Renal pelvis and ureteropelvic junction incarceration in a Grynfeltt-Lesshaft hernia: a case report and review of the literature

Main Author

Published Year

Country

Age (year)

Sex

Chief complaint

Physical examination

Past medical History

Past surgical History

Diagnostic modality

Herniation side and incarcerated body’s part

Urological complications

Management

Presti [18]

1988

USA

42

Male

Intermittent right flank pain and total gross hematuria

a T-shaped abdominal incision directed towards the right flank, a reducible, slightly tender, solid mass in rt. lumbar area

Negative

laparotomy with partial right colectomy following a sharp injury

Abdominal x-ray, Intravenous urogram (IVU), CT scan

Right side, right kidney

right pyelocaliectasis and ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Hernioplasty

Fogarty [19]

2006

USA

76

Female

nausea, vomiting, right flank pain, and acute renal insufficiency

Not mentioned

abdominal aortic aneurysm

negative

CT scan

Right side, retroperitoneal fat, the right renal pelvis, and ureteropelvic junction

Right hydronephrosis

percutaneous nephrostomy tube, antegrade nephrostography, antegrade internal ureteral stent placement and then hernioplasty after normalization of renal function, and subsequent nephrostomy tube removal

Cabello [20]

2008

Spain

79

Female

painful swelling in the left lumbar region and acute renal colic pain

Not mentioned

hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, hypothyroidism, hyperuricemia, hiatus hernia, deep venous thrombosis with pulmonary embolism, chronic bronchitis and morbid obesity

negative

CT scan

bilateral hernia, left side of the renal pelvis and proximal ureter

Left hydronephrosis

Non-surgical

Miyazato [21]

2011

Japan

59

Female

intermittent left back pain for 6-month

left focal back mass and tenderness

right adrenal Cushing’s syndrome and left primary aldosteronism

laparoscopic adrenalectomy

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and CT scan

Left side, left kidney and

Not mentioned

Surgery

Al Hooti [22]

2014

Oman

60

Female

right-sided abdominal pain and swelling for 2-month

surgical scar without incisional hernia, non-tender oval palpableswelling, right lumbar area, positive cough sign and reducible

right pelviureteric junction obstruction

(+) open right Anderson Hynes pyeloplasty 10 years before admission

CT sacn, IVU, and Mercaptoacetyltriglycine renal scan

Right side, lower pole of the right kidney

right hydronephrosis

Non-surgical

Mehrabi (current report)

2019

Iran

76

Female

back and right flank pain and a swelling in right flank since 2- month before admission

soft, mildly tender, irreducible and smooth border right lumbar mass

DM, HTN, HLP and overweight

hysterectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and urinary bladder prolapse repair surgery

CT scan

Right sided, retroperitoneal fat, right renal pelvis, ureteropelvic junction and proximal ureter

right hydronephrosis

hernioplasty