The disappearing kidney. A case of emphysematous pyelonephritis.
We describe a case of bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis in which the left kidney could not be visualized sonographically because of multiple irregular air-fluid interfaces. This observation, which to our knowledge has been noted only once before in the literature, may be a diagnostic clue to this potentially fatal disease.
Department of Medicine, Bronx (NY) Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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JD
Goyzueta
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R
Katz
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O
Dumitrescu
H S
HS
Choi
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T
Kahn
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D014463:Ultrasonography
D005740:Gases