CT diagnosis of emphysematous pyelonephritis.
Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare but frequently fatal complication of renal infection in the diabetic patient. The diagnosis is usually only made roentgenographically. We present a patient in whom the initial plain abdominal film was normal and renal sonogram was nondiagnostic. The correct diagnosis was made only on the subsequent CT scan.
D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed