Perirenal haematoma with Klebsiella pneumonia pyelonephritis

Perirenal haematoma with Klebsiella pneumonia pyelonephritis.

To cite: Mancio J, Oliveira M, Gonçalves M, et al. BMJ Case Reports Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012007523 DESCRIPTION An 83-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department reporting a 3-day progressively worsening lumbar pain and fever. Her past medical history was remarkable for type 2 diabetes mellitus, class 3 chronic renal failure, repetitive u...

Spontaneous perirenal haematoma.

Accepted 26 March 1998 A 35-year-old man presented with 24-hour history of right loin pain. There were no urinary symptoms, no history of trauma, no relevant medical history, and the patient was not on any medications. Clinically he was normotensive, had tachycardia and a fullness in the right flank. Investigations showed haemoglobin of 7.2 g/dl and a computed tomography (CT) scan (figure 1) re...

Spontaneous perirenal and subcapsular haematoma – report of 5 cases

Spontaneous perirenal and subcapsular haemorrhage is a rare but important clinical condition and is often diagnostically very challenging. The appropriate treatment of these patients is based on making a fast and correct diagnosis of subcapsular and perirenal haemorrhage. Clinical symptoms are often non-specific and misleading and the radiological methods, based on ultrasound (US) and CT imagin...

Subdural Haematoma in Infancy Brucella Pyelonephritis Medical Education

Embolization of a bleeding aneurysm in a patient with spontaneous perirenal haematoma due to Polyarteritis nodosa.

OBJECTIVE To report a rare case of a Spontaneous perirenal haematoma due to Polyarteritis nodosa treated with a selective embolización of the bleeding aneurysm. Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is one of a spectrum of diseases thet belongs to the pathologic category of necrotizing vasculitis. Spontaneous perirenal haematoma (SPH) is an unusual complication of PAN. METHODS We are introducing a patie...