Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient

We present a case of 75-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN). The patient presented with abdominal pain, fever of undetermined origin and progressive decrease in urine output. Computerized tomography scan revealed gas formation in the left renal parenchyma and cap...

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Autores principales: He, Yayi, Shi, Bingyin, Wu, Xiaoyan, Hou, Peng, Wang, Yi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765413
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e14
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author He, Yayi
Shi, Bingyin
Wu, Xiaoyan
Hou, Peng
Wang, Yi
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Wang, Yi
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description We present a case of 75-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN). The patient presented with abdominal pain, fever of undetermined origin and progressive decrease in urine output. Computerized tomography scan revealed gas formation in the left renal parenchyma and capsule. A left nephrectomy was performed. He made a quick recovery. EPN should be taken into consideration in diabetic patients with symptoms of pyelonephritis who show a poor response to conventional treatment. Elective nephrectomy may be life saving in some patients.
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spelling pubmed-39813382014-04-24 Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient He, Yayi Shi, Bingyin Wu, Xiaoyan Hou, Peng Wang, Yi Clin Pract Case Report We present a case of 75-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN). The patient presented with abdominal pain, fever of undetermined origin and progressive decrease in urine output. Computerized tomography scan revealed gas formation in the left renal parenchyma and capsule. A left nephrectomy was performed. He made a quick recovery. EPN should be taken into consideration in diabetic patients with symptoms of pyelonephritis who show a poor response to conventional treatment. Elective nephrectomy may be life saving in some patients. PAGEPress Publications 2012-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3981338/ /pubmed/24765413 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e14 Text en ©Copyright Y. He et al., 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
spellingShingle Case Report
He, Yayi
Shi, Bingyin
Wu, Xiaoyan
Hou, Peng
Wang, Yi
Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient
title Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient
title_full Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient
title_fullStr Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient
title_full_unstemmed Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient
title_short Emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient
title_sort emphysematous pyelonephritis treated with elective nephrectomy in a 75-year-old diabetic patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765413
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e14
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