A rare case of emphysematous pyelonephritis associated with pneumatosis intestinalis and bowel ischemia

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare life-threatening gas producing kidney infection, commonly affects uncontrolled diabetic patients with underlying urinary tract obstruction. Presence of pneumoperitoneum and involvement of the bowels are uncommon presentation of EPN. In the present report,...

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Published in:Urol Case Rep
Main Authors: Hariri, Albara, Aljarbou, Abdulhkam, Albalawi, Khalid, Alqasem, Saad, Alowidah, Ibrahim, Raheem, Ali Abdel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2021
Subjects:
Inflammation and Infection
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8102767/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33996496
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101685
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