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CASE REPORT

A Case of Misdiagnosed as Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction Caused by the Fungal Ball

Jian LiuDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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Ying JiangDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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Zhe LiuDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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Qun SongDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of China
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Zhuo LiDepartment of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Changsha, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 6109-6114 | Received 28 Jun 2022, Accepted 05 Oct 2022, Published online: 22 Oct 2022

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