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Case Reports
. 2025 Jul;136(1):38-41.
doi: 10.1111/bju.16409. Epub 2024 Jun 10.

'Case of the Month' from the First Hospital of Sanming, Fujian Medical University, China: management of a renal haematoma with pyelonephritis and necrotising fasciitis

Lu Dongming  1 , Ye Shuchao  1 , Xie Xueping  1 , Zheng Luoping  1 , Liao Shangfan  1 , Wu Yongyang  1
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'Case of the Month' from the First Hospital of Sanming, Fujian Medical University, China: management of a renal haematoma with pyelonephritis and necrotising fasciitis

Lu Dongming et al. BJU Int. 2025 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: Wunderlich syndrome; emphysematous pyelonephritis; necrotising fasciitis; subcapsular haematoma; surgical.

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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
The green arrow indicates the presence of gas in the subcapsular haematoma.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
The blue arrow indicates the subcapsular haematoma with increased gas accumulation, compared to the previous image.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
(A) The purple arrow indicates the disappearance of the original subcapsular haematoma, but there is still a small amount of gas in the perirenal tissue. (B) The white arrow in the image points to a significant accumulation of gas between the retroperitoneal and muscle tissues. (C) The orange arrow points to a substantial accumulation of gas in the tissues around the left iliac fossa.
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