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Concurrent emphysematous cystitis and emphysematous pyelonephritis in a patient with extrarenal pelvis

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We report co-occurrence of emphysematous cystitis and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EC/EPN) in a 64-year-old female with poor-controlled diabetes mellitus (DM) that presented with flank pain, fever, and hematuria that turned out to have a bilateral extrarenal pelvis. On examination, she was feverish, and the costovertebral angle was tender. By considering herhemoglobin A1C, her DM was out of control. Inflammatory markers elevated. Renal function tests were impaired. Urine culture was positive for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase Escherichia coli. Computed tomography scans (CT) confirmed the presence of air in the bladder and renal pelvis in favor of EC and unilateral EPN. We planned to use conservative treatments. Promptly intravenous antibiotics started; thereafter, the renal pelvis was drained via percutaneous catheter, and the bladder was drained via foley catheter, as well. After 14 days of hospitalization, clinical status improved, urine culture got negative, and emphysema in follow-up CT images wholly regressed. To our knowledge, co-occurrence of emphysematous cystitis (EC) and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) in a patient with an extra renal pelvis never happened. We tend to convey messages, including (1) the extrarenal pelvis may contribute to predisposing the patient to pyelonephritis if it is considerably large; (2) the conservative plan and observation was a successful experience in treating extrarenal pelvis patients with EC/EPN.

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  1. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Hormozgan Health Institute, Hormozgan University of Medical Science, Bandar Abbas, Iran

    Elham Barahimi, Mehdi Hassaniazad & Behnoush Heidari

  2. Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Science, Bandar Abbas, Iran

    Ayoub Basham & Ebrahim Evazi

  3. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Science, Bandar Abbas, Iran

    Mostafa Mazaheri

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Barahimi, E., Basham, A., Evazi, E. et al. Concurrent emphysematous cystitis and emphysematous pyelonephritis in a patient with extrarenal pelvis. CEN Case Rep 13, 149–153 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13730-023-00816-4

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