Paranephric abscess during pregnancy: a case for a low-dose interventional CT.
A young pregnant woman hospitalized in our department with sepsis due to a paranephric abscess, and treated successfully with a nephrostomy under the guidance of low-dose CT, is presented. Based on this successful and safe treatment for the fetus, it is proposed that low-dose CT can be applied without any risk to pregnant women with special urological problems such as paranephric and splenic abscesses, dysmorphic and ectopic or horseshoe kidneys.
Urology Department, School of Medicine, University of Patras, and Medical Physics Department, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece. tassos_athan@hotmail.com
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Athanasopoulos
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Petsas
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Fokaefs
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Skouras
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Galazidou
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Barbalias
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods