pyonephrosis
Sign in to savePyonephrosis () is a dangerous kidney infection that is characterized by pus accumulation in the renal collecting system. It is linked to renal collecting system blockage and suppurative renal parenchymal destruction, which result in complete or nearly complete kidney failure.
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815 papers- Pyonephrosis Ultrasound and Computed Tomography Features: A Pictorial Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
- Pyonephrosis complicated with spontaneous intraperitoneal rupture and diffuse peritonitis: Case report and literature review.Clinical nephrology · 2024
- [Pyonephrosis--pyohydronephrosis].Ryoikibetsu shokogun shirizu · 1997
- Pyonephrosis drained by double-J catheter.Clinical case reports · 2020
- Emergent Percutaneous Nephrostomy for Pyonephrosis: A Primer for the On-Call Interventional Radiologist.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2020
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Pyonephrosis () is a dangerous kidney infection that is characterized by pus accumulation in the renal collecting system. It is linked to renal collecting system blockage and suppurative renal parenchymal destruction, which result in complete or nearly complete kidney failure.
==Signs and symptoms== Clinical symptoms in patients with pyonephrosis can range from frank sepsis (15%) to asymptomatic bacteriuria. Upon physical examination, the hydronephrotic kidney may be linked to a palpable abdominal mass. On rare occasions, the hydronephrotic kidney infection may burst spontaneously into the peritoneal cavity, resulting in diffuse peritonitis and sepsis in certain patients.