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.
Athanasopoulos
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Urology Department, School of Medicine, University of Patras, and Medical Physics Department, University Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece. tassos_athan@hotmail.com
Petsas
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Fokaefs
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Skouras
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Galazidou
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Perimenis
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Barbalias
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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