Renal abscess: a complication of ethanol embolization.
The authors describe a previously unreported complication of ethanol ablation of a renal tumor in one case. A renal abscess developed in a patient with preexisting silent urosepsis 5 weeks following ablation. Routine urinalysis, Gram stain, and urine culture are recommended as preprocedure tests to avoid such complications.
D000038:Abscess / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000431:Ethanol