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Case Reports
. 2022 Sep 16;12(9):2239.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics12092239.

Encrusted Uretero-Pyelitis Caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum: Case Report and Literature Review

Andrei Valentin Rusmir  1   2 , Ionut Andrei Paunescu  1 , Sandra Martis  1 , Silviu Latcu  1   2 , Dorin Novacescu  1   2 , Claudia Ramona Bardan  3 , Flaviu Bob  4   5 , Monica Licker  6   7 , Mircea Botoca  1   2 , Alin Cumpanas  1   2 , Razvan Bardan  1   2
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Encrusted Uretero-Pyelitis Caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum: Case Report and Literature Review

Andrei Valentin Rusmir et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old female patient with solitary functioning left kidney and encrusted uretero-pyelitis caused by Corynebacterium urealyticum, which was treated by antibiotic therapy and oral acidification with L-methionine. We review the literature for similarly reported cases.

Keywords: Corynebacterium urealyticum; encrusted uretero-pyelitis.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Axial plane images of abdominal and pelvic CT scan without contrast showing multiple pyelic, calyceal, and ureteral calcifications specific to encrusted uretero-pyelitis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Multiplanar reconstruction of abdominal and pelvic CT scans without contrast shows multiple ureteral, pyelic, and calyceal encrustations.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Fluoroscopic image after the placement of the left ureteric stent.
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Figure 4
Three-dimensional reconstruction based on the non-contrast CT examinations of the patient at the moment of diagnosis (A) and on the sixth week follow-up visit (B), with the ureteric stent in place, showing the partial regression of the pyelic and calyceal calcifications, and the complete regression of the upper ureter calcifications.
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