TY - JOUR
T1 - Emphysematous pyelitis and emphysematous pyelonephritis characterized by computerized tomography
AU - Bohlman, Mark E.
AU - Sweren, Bennett S.
AU - Khazan, Ron
AU - Minkin, Sanford D.
AU - Goldman, Stanford M.
AU - Fishman, Elliot K.
PY - 1991/12
Y1 - 1991/12
N2 - We report three cases of emphysematous pyelonephritis, all of them associated with perinephric emphysema, and one case of emphysematous pyelitis to demonstrate the value of computerized tomography (CT) in both diagnosis and patient management. The differentiation between air in the collecting system (emphysematous pyelitis), air within the parenchyma (emphysematous pyelonephritis), and air in the perinephric space (perinephric emphysema) may have significant prognostic (survival) and therapeutic (medical vs surgical) implications. Computerized tomography is currently the best method for demonstrating intrarenal air and for characterizing the location of that air (intracalyceal, intraparenchymal, perinephric, or pararenal).
AB - We report three cases of emphysematous pyelonephritis, all of them associated with perinephric emphysema, and one case of emphysematous pyelitis to demonstrate the value of computerized tomography (CT) in both diagnosis and patient management. The differentiation between air in the collecting system (emphysematous pyelitis), air within the parenchyma (emphysematous pyelonephritis), and air in the perinephric space (perinephric emphysema) may have significant prognostic (survival) and therapeutic (medical vs surgical) implications. Computerized tomography is currently the best method for demonstrating intrarenal air and for characterizing the location of that air (intracalyceal, intraparenchymal, perinephric, or pararenal).
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-199112000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00007611-199112000-00007
M3 - Article
C2 - 1749973
AN - SCOPUS:0026352728
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 84
SP - 1438
EP - 1443
JO - Southern medical journal
JF - Southern medical journal
IS - 12
ER -