Spontaneous External Drainage of Renal Abscess through Persistent NephrostomyTract Eleven Years after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

Vol. 75, No. 1, 2005

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Case Report

Spontaneous External Drainage of Renal Abscess through Persistent NephrostomyTract Eleven Years after Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
H. Suttmann, I. Kausch, C. Blietz, O. Walden, C. Doehn, D. Jocham

Department of Urology, University of Lübeck Medical School, Lübeck, Germany

Address of Corresponding Author

Urol Int 2005;75:88-90 (DOI: 10.1159/000085935)

Key Words

Renal abscess
Percutaneous nephrostomy
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Spontaneous drainage

Abstract

A unique case of spontaneous external drainage of a renal abscess through a persistent nephrostomy tract is reported in a patient with a history of two subsequent percutaneous nephrolithotomies 11 years earlier. Nephrostomy tracts can open up even after several years to provide an exit path for infected urine or renal abscess drainage.

Author Contacts

Henrik Suttmann, MD
Department of Urology, University of Lübeck Medical School
Ratzeburger Allee 160, DE-23538 Lübeck (Germany)
Tel. +49 451 5006113, Fax +49 451 5004666
E-Mail henrik.suttmann@medinf.mu-luebeck.de

Article Information

Received: July 7, 2004
Revised and accepted: October 11, 2004
Number of Print Pages : 3
Number of Figures : 2, Number of Tables : 0, Number of References : 4

Medline Abstract (ID 16037715)

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