Selvais, Ph.L.
Maquet, J.H.
Mashayekhi, S.
Hermans, Michel
[UCL]
We report an unusually severe case of emphysematous pyelonephritis with very extensive kidney necrosis that led to unilateral nephrectomy. We discuss the diagnosis and treatment options in this very rare complication of pyelonephritis almost exclusively encoutered in diabetic patients.
| Bibliographic reference |
Selvais, Ph.L. ; Maquet, J.H. ; Mashayekhi, S. ; Hermans, Michel. Extensive emphysematous pyelonephritis. In: Acta Clinica Belgica (Multilingual Edition), Vol. 62, no. 4, p. 240-241 (2007) |
| Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/164697 |
