title: Case report: acute focal bacterial pyelonephritis (lobar nephronia)--presentation as a palpable abdominal mass.
abstract: Acute lobar nephronia, or focal pyelonephritis, is an uncommon form of renal infection with a distinct computerized tomographic appearance. A patient is presented with lobar nephronia characterized by fever, flank pain, urosepsis, and painful abdominal mass. Differentiating this condition from abscess or other renal mass is important, because the treatment of lobar nephronia is nonsurgical. The infection responds to antibiotic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, KY 40292.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sweat
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Katsanis
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Aronoff
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents