title: Emphysematous pyelonephritis complicated by hemorrhage, diagnosed by computerized tomography scan.
abstract: Emphysematous pyelonephritis complicated by a perirenal hematoma was diagnosed by computerized tomography. The computerized tomography scan was normal 3 months previously. Computerized tomography may be the procedure of choice to diagnose and stage emphysematous pyelonephritis.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed