https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2020.3.203

Infected kidney stone progressing to perinephric abscess and thoracic empyema

Vol. 92 No. 3 (2020)
Submitted: January 26, 2020
Accepted: February 29, 2020
Published: October 1, 2020
Infected kidney stone, Perinephric abscess, Empyema
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Antonio Tufano
antonio.tufano91@gmail.com
Department of Maternal-Child and Urological Sciences, Sapienza Rome University, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Rocco Minelli
Department Life and Health “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Giovanni Di Lascio
Department of Maternal-Child and Urological Sciences, Sapienza Rome University, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Giampaolo Delicato
Department of Urology, Sant'Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Giulio Baffigo
Department of Urology, Sant'Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Stefano Signore
Department of Urology, Sant'Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy.

A case is presented that demonstrates unusual long-term evolution of an infected calculi, culminating in the formation of a retroperitoneal abscess that fistulised to the pleural space, leading to a right pleural empyema.

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Tufano, A., Minelli, R., Di Lascio, G., Delicato, G., Baffigo, G., & Signore, S. (2020). Infected kidney stone progressing to perinephric abscess and thoracic empyema. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 92(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2020.3.203

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