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KMID : 0358319920330010165
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Korean Journal of Urology
1992 Volume.33 No. 1 p.165 ~ p.168
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A Case of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Solitary Kidney
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박용현/이주훈/최홍용/이광수
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Abstract
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Emphysematous pyelonephritis is an uncommon serious suppurative infection characterized by the production of intrarenal and perirenal gas generally occurs in patient with diabetes mellitus or urinary tract obstruction. We report our experience
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successful management of a case of emphysematous pyelonephritis which occurred in 22 year-old diabetic woman with UPJ obstruction in a solitary kidney. She was treated nonoperatively with intensive antimicrovial therapy, insulin therapy and
percutaneous
nephrostomy as a initial life saving procedure. After improvement of renal function and general condition. we performed dismembered pyeloplasty for UPJ obstruction.
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