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Justifications (law) and periureteritis plastica (medicine)


Justifications (law)




a category of legal defenses in which the defendant admits committing the act in question, but claims it was necessary in order to avoid some greater evil.





periureteritis plastica (medicine)


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retroperitoneal fibrosis
<radiology> Ureters tapered or obstructed, most severe at L4-5, ureters deviated medially, Treatment: symptomatic; steroids have ? long-term benefit Differential diagnosis: malignancy, lymphoma (especially Hodgkin's), metastasis from colon and breast, retroperitoneal sarcoma, drugs, methysergide (Sansert), haemorrhage, aortic aneurysm, trauma or surgery, inflammation, Crohn's disease, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, extravasated urine, radiation