Mystery in the Air: A Case Report of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis Presenting as Subcutaneous Emphysema and Septic Pulmonary Embolism

We report a patient with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus who was found to have subcutaneous emphysema on examination. Left-sided emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) due to Escherichia coli was identified as the cause of this finding. Further evaluation revealed that she had septic emboli in the...

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Main Authors: Madhav Hande, Mohammed Fahad Khan, K Shivashankar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-10-01
Series:Indian Journal of Kidney Diseases
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijkd.ijkd_33_23
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