Giant hydronephrosis of kidney mimicking ascites: A case report

The giant hydronephrosis can rarely be large enough to mimicks as ascites. A patient was received with distended abdomen and was diagnosed clinically as ascites in which paracentesis revealed clear fluid and subsequently ultrasonological evaluation revealed a giant hydronephrosis of left kidney occupying almost whole abdomen. Such presentation of giant hydronephrosis is uncommon, So, we present this case in which percutaneous nephrostomy was done as initial treatment to savage the kidney function.