title: [A case of embolization to a large polycystic kidney with infection].
abstract: 75 year old female who was hospitalized for abdominal pain and fever up on 12th May 1998. She had been followed as a polycystic kidney patient since few years. The swelling of the right kidney and her general condition became gradually worse. On 18th May, the embolization to the right kidney using pure alcohol and gelatin sponge was performed. Within a month, CT scan showed the reduced volume of the right kidney and her blood examination data as well as her general condition became gradually well. And on 17th June, she left our hospital without any complication.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Urology, Yonezawa City Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaiwa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koseki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kushida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokota
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009393:Nephritis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012077:Renal Artery; D016896:Treatment Outcome