title: [Emphysematous pyelonephritis: report of a case and review of the literature].
abstract: Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a necrotizing renal parenquima infection, which is diabetes mellitus related in almost all cases. This is life threatening and has a high mortality rates despite aggressive management. The most important thing in management is a high diagnostic suspicious and also a rapid treatment, which means nephrectomy. We expose a case giving especial importance to clinical and image diagnose as treatment and evolution. We also make a literature review trying to understand this entity and find pathways for its therapeutic management.
authors: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Juan Canalejo, La Coruña.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Blanco Díez
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Barbagelata López
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Fernández Rosado
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Casas Muíño
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Chantada Abal
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authors: M
authors: González Martín
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004646:Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery