Necrotizing fasciitis caused by xanthogranulomatous and emphysematous pyelonephritis: Importance of the inferior lumbar triangle pathway

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1708-1710

  Ishigami, Kousei ^a   Bolton Smith, Jody A ^a   DeYoung, Barry R ^a   Barloon, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE COURSE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MICROSCOPY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; VITAL SIGN; XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS; KIDNEY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; EMPHYSEMA; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PYELONEPHRITIS, XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16644373821     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.6.01831708     Document Type: Article

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