Spontaneous Renal Rupture Following Urinary Tract Infection and Its Recovery through Conservative Treatment.
10.12771/emj.2014.37.S.S1
- Author:
So Hyeon HONG
1
;
Do Youn KIM
;
Tae Oh KIM
;
Ji Yun BAE
;
Shina LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 00684@eumc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Kidney;
Spontaneous rupture;
Urinary tract infection
- MeSH:
Female;
Flank Pain;
Hematoma;
Humans;
Kidney;
Middle Aged;
Rare Diseases;
Rupture*;
Rupture, Spontaneous;
Urinary Tract Infections*
- From:The Ewha Medical Journal
2014;37(Suppl):S1-S4
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Spontaneous renal rupture with subcapsular renal hematoma is a rare disease entity. Hereby, we report a 60-year-old female who presented with abrupt right flank pain and was diagnosed as spontaneous renal rupture with subcapsular hematoma related to urinary tract infection and review related literatures.
