Emphysematous pyelonephritis in decompensated diabetes: a case report and review of the literature

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2011 Jun;83(2):108-11.

Abstract

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare and severe renal parenchyma necrotizing infection visible just in diabetic patients which results in gas presence--probably produced through the glucose fermentation process--in the collecting system, renal parenchyma and perirenal tissue. We present a case of a not known diabetic female patient with emphysematous pyelonephritis of the left kidney and emphysematous pyelitis of the controlateral kidney.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diabetes Complications* / diagnosis
  • Emphysema* / complications
  • Emphysema* / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pyelonephritis* / complications
  • Pyelonephritis* / diagnosis