Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis

We report a case of isolated renal mucormycosis 2 weeks following transurethral resection of prostate. The patient also mentioned history of admission for COVID-19, two months earlier. Symptoms progressed and patient underwent urgent nephrectomy. CT scan resembled imaging features of emphysematous p...

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Autores principales: Basiri, Abbas, Mahmoudnejad, Nastaran, Parvin, Mahmoud, Amini, Erfan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Inflammation and Infection
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36438453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102284
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author Basiri, Abbas
Mahmoudnejad, Nastaran
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Amini, Erfan
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description We report a case of isolated renal mucormycosis 2 weeks following transurethral resection of prostate. The patient also mentioned history of admission for COVID-19, two months earlier. Symptoms progressed and patient underwent urgent nephrectomy. CT scan resembled imaging features of emphysematous pyelonephritis and therefore, patient did not receive timely treatment with amphotericin B in addition to nephrectomy and succumbed to the disease.
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spelling pubmed-96852832022-11-25 Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis Basiri, Abbas Mahmoudnejad, Nastaran Parvin, Mahmoud Amini, Erfan Urol Case Rep Inflammation and Infection We report a case of isolated renal mucormycosis 2 weeks following transurethral resection of prostate. The patient also mentioned history of admission for COVID-19, two months earlier. Symptoms progressed and patient underwent urgent nephrectomy. CT scan resembled imaging features of emphysematous pyelonephritis and therefore, patient did not receive timely treatment with amphotericin B in addition to nephrectomy and succumbed to the disease. Elsevier 2022-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9685283/ /pubmed/36438453 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102284 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Inflammation and Infection
Basiri, Abbas
Mahmoudnejad, Nastaran
Parvin, Mahmoud
Amini, Erfan
Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis
title Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_full Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_fullStr Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_full_unstemmed Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_short Renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of COVID-19: Unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis
title_sort renal mucormycosis following transurethral resection of prostate in the time of covid-19: unique imaging features resembling emphysematous pyelonephritis
topic Inflammation and Infection
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9685283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36438453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102284
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