title: Spontaneous external drainage of renal abscess through persistent nephrostomy tract eleven years after percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
abstract: A unique case of spontaneous external drainage of a renal abscess through a persistent nephrostomy tract is reported in a patient with a history of two subsequent percutaneous nephrolithotomies 11 years earlier. Nephrostomy tracts can open up even after several years to provide an exit path for infected urine or renal abscess drainage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Lübeck Medical School, Lübeck, Germany. henrik.suttmann@medinf.mu-luebeck.de
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suttmann
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kausch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blietz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Walden
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doehn
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jocham
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography