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Altered Mentality Patient with Emphysematous Pyelonephritis Disclosed by Abdominal Computed Tomography
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Seung Baik Han, Jin Hui Paik, Hyun Min Jung, Ji Hye Kim, Yeon Sook Moon
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Korean J Urogenit Tract Infect Inflamm 2014;9(1):50-52. Published online April 30, 2014
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- Emphysematous pyelonephritis is an acute gas forming necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma with high mortality, which shows non-specific clinical findings. Elderly patients with altered mentality and shock require careful monitoring and abdominal computed tomography scanning is thought to be beneficial in prompt detection of infection focus and management. We report on a patient with altered mentality who showed emphysematous pyelonephritis on abdominal computed tomography and provide a review of the literature.
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