BILATERAL EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS RESOLVING TO MEDICAL THERAPY -DEMONSTRATION BY US AND CT

Authors
GROZEL F BERTHEZENE Y GUERIN C TRANMINH VA CROISILLE M
Citation
F. Grozel et al., BILATERAL EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS RESOLVING TO MEDICAL THERAPY -DEMONSTRATION BY US AND CT, European radiology, 7(6), 1997, pp. 844-846
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
European radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09387994
Volume
7
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
844 - 846
Database
ISI
SICI code
0938-7994(1997)7:6<844:BEPRTM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is an uncommon and life-threatening necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma occurring mostly in dia betic patients. It is usually unilateral. Nephrectomy is the current t herapeutic procedure. We report the plain radiograph, US and CT findin gs in a 26-year-old diabetic woman who presented with bilateral EPN an d was cured by medical treatment alone.