Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a life-threatening infection of kidney with the presence of gas in the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and the surrounding retroperitoneum. We present a case of EPN in a diabetic patient with extension of gas into the spinal epidural space of the lumbar ver...

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Autores principales: Navriya, Shiv Charan, Kumar, Sunil, Mittal, Ankur, Bhirud, Deepak Prakash
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Urological Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850367
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_202_20
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author Navriya, Shiv Charan
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description Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a life-threatening infection of kidney with the presence of gas in the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and the surrounding retroperitoneum. We present a case of EPN in a diabetic patient with extension of gas into the spinal epidural space of the lumbar vertebral canal. He was managed conservatively with minimally invasive intervention along with supportive medical management and recovered well.
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spelling pubmed-80332202021-04-12 Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient Navriya, Shiv Charan Kumar, Sunil Mittal, Ankur Bhirud, Deepak Prakash Indian J Urol Urological Images Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a life-threatening infection of kidney with the presence of gas in the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and the surrounding retroperitoneum. We present a case of EPN in a diabetic patient with extension of gas into the spinal epidural space of the lumbar vertebral canal. He was managed conservatively with minimally invasive intervention along with supportive medical management and recovered well. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8033220/ /pubmed/33850367 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/iju.IJU_202_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Urology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
title Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
title_full Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
title_fullStr Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
title_full_unstemmed Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
title_short Pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: A rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
title_sort pneumorrhachis in emphysematous pyelonephritis: a rare finding in an uncontrolled diabetic patient
topic Urological Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8033220/
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