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Amount of liquid taken doesn’t effect the swl’s success in the upper ureteral stones


1 Haydarpaşa Training and Research Hospital, Urology

2 Beytepe Military Hospital, Urology

3 GATA Haydarpaşa Teaching

4 GATA Haydarpaşa Teaching Hospital, Urology

5 GATA Haydarpaşa Teaching Hospital


DOI :
2016; 11 (2): 14-17

Abstract

Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a rare form of comlicated urinary tract infection (UTI). Its characteristic feature is the present of gas in the bladder wall and lumen. Immunocompro-mised patients and diabetes mellitus (DM) are the primary risk factors for the EC and clinical symptoms of EC is range from asymptomatic to severe sepsis. EC is commonly detected in ol-derly diabetic women and seen in women two times more than in men. Here, we present a pa-tient was diabetic 73-year-old man attemped us with pain and gross hematuria for a few days.

Key Words: Emphysematous cystitis, ab-dominal pain, hematuria


Abstract

Emphysematous cystitis (EC) is a rare form of comlicated urinary tract infection (UTI). Its characteristic feature is the present of gas in the bladder wall and lumen. Immunocompro-mised patients and diabetes mellitus (DM) are the primary risk factors for the EC and clinical symptoms of EC is range from asymptomatic to severe sepsis. EC is commonly detected in ol-derly diabetic women and seen in women two times more than in men. Here, we present a pa-tient was diabetic 73-year-old man attemped us with pain and gross hematuria for a few days.

Key Words: Emphysematous cystitis, ab-dominal pain, hematuria

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