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Cystic Renal Cell Carcinoma Mimicking a Renal Abscess
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Jae Min Chung, Kyu Seop Kim, Seong Ju Kim, Byung Ju Sung, Sang Don Lee, Seong Choi
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Korean J Urogenit Tract Infect Inflamm 2008;3(2):249-252. Published online October 31, 2008
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- Cystic renal cell carcinoma is one form of renal cell carcinoma. The radiographic and pathologic findings of cystic renal cell carcinoma are often more confusing and less specific than the findings of solid renal cell carcinoma. We report a case of cystic renal cell carcinoma mimicking a renal abscess.
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Renal Abscess Treated with Double J Catheter Insertion
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Jae Min Chung, Seong Ju Kim, Byung Ju Sung, Sang Don Lee, Seong Choi
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Korean J Urogenit Tract Infect Inflamm 2007;2(2):217-220. Published online October 31, 2007
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- Renal abscess is uncommon and has variable symptoms of insidious onset. The most common pathogens are Escherichia coli. The patients with renal abscess usually present with fever, chills, abdominal or flank pain, and occasionally weight loss and malaise. Renal abscesses can be treated in various fashions. In these patients, renal abscess with hydronephrosis that does not respond to antimicrobial therapy was improved with double J catheter insertion.
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