Spontaneous communication between a simple renal cyst and the pyelocaliceal system with a gas-producing infection.
We present the extremely rare case of a 44-year-old woman who presented with right flank pain and high fever, which proved to be a case of spontaneous communication between a renal cyst and the pyelocaliceal system caused by increased pressure in the renal pelvic cavity exerted by a stone leading to infection.
Department of Urology, Kasumigaura Hospital, Tokyo Medical University, Japan. yuhei@olive.ocn.ne.jp
Yuhei
Y
Okubo
Masashi
M
Ogawa
Masato
M
Tochimoto
Akira
A
Tsuchiya
D000328:Adult; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*