[A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of renal pelvis showing a complete response to antibiotics]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2004 Sep;50(9):629-31.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 20-year-old woman was admitted with chief complaints of high fever and right lumbago. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography revealed a right renal pelvic tumor 25 mm in diameter. Although malignancy could not be confirmed by the scan, we administered antibiotics based on a diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor of the renal pelvis. After treatment, no tumor was detected. In such cases,because diagnosis is generally difficult, surgery is usually performed. However, in this case, the patient showed a complete response to antibiotics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnosis
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Imipenem / therapeutic use*
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
  • Kidney Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Kidney Pelvis*
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Remission Induction
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Imipenem