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Case Reports
. 2007 Jul-Aug;62(4):240-1.
doi: 10.1179/acb.2007.038.

Extensive emphysematous pyelonephritis

P L Selvais  1 , J H Maquet, S Mashayekhi, M P Hermans
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Case Reports

Extensive emphysematous pyelonephritis

P L Selvais et al. Acta Clin Belg. 2007 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

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.

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