Successful Conservative Treatment of Emphysematous Gastritis
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Successful medical treatment of emphysematous pyelonephritis.
Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare life threatening condition. It usually happens in diabetic patients. Its mortality is as high as 75% and urgent nephrectomy has been highly recommended.(1) However, recent advancements in imaging techniques and new stronger antibiotics can make medical treatment an acceptable alternative for radical surgery. We report a diabetic patient with EPN, who...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.54.3337