Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature

INTRODUCTION: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a gas-producing necrotizing bacterial infection that involves the renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a case of a 55 year old Caucasian male with no prior medical history presented with left flank pain and malaise. He w...

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Autores principales: Strofilas, Alexandros, Manouras, Andreas, Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel E, Kotzadimitriou, Aikaterini, Pappas, Apostolos, Chrysikos, Ioannis, Menenakos, Evangelos
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2531093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18702807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-91
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author Strofilas, Alexandros
Manouras, Andreas
Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel E
Kotzadimitriou, Aikaterini
Pappas, Apostolos
Chrysikos, Ioannis
Menenakos, Evangelos
author_facet Strofilas, Alexandros
Manouras, Andreas
Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel E
Kotzadimitriou, Aikaterini
Pappas, Apostolos
Chrysikos, Ioannis
Menenakos, Evangelos
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description INTRODUCTION: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a gas-producing necrotizing bacterial infection that involves the renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a case of a 55 year old Caucasian male with no prior medical history presented with left flank pain and malaise. He was diagnosed with emphysematous pyelonephritis, and was successfully treated in our department. The case is presented along with a literature review. CONCLUSION: Prompt diagnosis and early treatment is crucial because of the high rate of mortality. Therapeutic modalities and prognostic factors regarding emphysematous pyelonephritis remain controversial.
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spelling pubmed-25310932008-09-06 Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature Strofilas, Alexandros Manouras, Andreas Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel E Kotzadimitriou, Aikaterini Pappas, Apostolos Chrysikos, Ioannis Menenakos, Evangelos Cases J Case Report INTRODUCTION: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a gas-producing necrotizing bacterial infection that involves the renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue. CASE PRESENTATION: We report on a case of a 55 year old Caucasian male with no prior medical history presented with left flank pain and malaise. He was diagnosed with emphysematous pyelonephritis, and was successfully treated in our department. The case is presented along with a literature review. CONCLUSION: Prompt diagnosis and early treatment is crucial because of the high rate of mortality. Therapeutic modalities and prognostic factors regarding emphysematous pyelonephritis remain controversial. BioMed Central 2008-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC2531093/ /pubmed/18702807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-91 Text en Copyright © 2008 Strofilas et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Strofilas, Alexandros
Manouras, Andreas
Lagoudianakis, Emmanuel E
Kotzadimitriou, Aikaterini
Pappas, Apostolos
Chrysikos, Ioannis
Menenakos, Evangelos
Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature
title Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature
title_full Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature
title_short Emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature
title_sort emphysematous pyelonephritis, a rare cause of pneumoperitoneum: a case report and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2531093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18702807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-91
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