Giant nephrothoracic abscess: a misleading disease, a surgical challenge, and an unexpected complication

Kronenberg, P; Graça, B; Coelho, M

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Kronenberg, P

Graça, B

Coelho, M

Abstract(s)

A rare case of perinephric abscess with unilateral secondary pulmonary involvement that was further complicated by spillover of purulent content into the contralateral lung is reported here. Its diagnosis, treatment, and evolution are described and discussed along with certain features of nephropulmonary fistulas. The diagnosis of these abscesses is difficult, largely because of the paucity of primary symptoms and the frequent presence of misleading secondary symptoms. Deceptive cases like this one highlight the importance of its contemplation in every physician's differential diagnosis.

Keywords

Abscess Kidney diseases Differential diagnosis Abcesso Doenças do rim Diagnóstico diferencial

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1598

Citation

Case Rep Urol. 2014;2014:513579

Publisher

Hindawi Pub

DOI

10.1155/2014/513579

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