Extensive necrosis of the bladder with hypostatic abscess: A late complication after radiotherapy

Onkologie

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 116-118

  Pandey, Abhishek ^a   Beier, Joern ^a   Dobkowicz, Laura ^a   Wolf, Simone ^a   Keller, Hansjörg ^a  

^a Sana Klinikum Hof   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypostatic abscess; Radiotherapy; Vesicocutaneous fistula

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER NECROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEG DISEASE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; SEPSIS; THIGH HYPOSTATIC ABSCESS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; NECROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SEPSIS; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 77949420589     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000277763     Document Type: Article

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