... patients were admitted with the diagnosis of EPN. The age range was 22–70 years. Five patients were managed conservatively, 17 patients underwent minimally invasive modalities (double J stent, pigtail drainage). Open drainage of the abscess was conducted in 2 patients, and 4 patients required emergency...

...B. Moskovitz; Y. Vardi; M. Pery; M. Bolkier; D.R. Levin A rare case of abscess of the corpus cavernosum is described. Culture of the abscess yielded Β-hemolytic streptococcus. Ultrasound scan and cavernosography confirmed the physical examination findings of involvement of the corpus cavernosum...

...Menashe Barzilai; Ilan Atlas We report a case of renal cortical abscess in a gravid woman. The abscess was documented by US as well as by MRI. The development of a kidney abscess is extremely rare despite the fact that urinary tract infections are quite common during pregnancy. The limitations...

...R. Gutiérrez; W. Carrere; J. Llopis; J.A. Romero; B. Umbert; P. Carretero Two new cases of seminal vesicle abscess diagnosed by computerized tomography and treated with percutaneous drainage are reported. A review of the 8 cases published so far is also presented. Seminal vesicle Abscess...

...Julia R. Nunley; Domenic A. Sica; Vernon Smith We describe a 65-year-old female with bilateral staghorn calculi who presented with a Proteus mirabilis perinephric abscess secondary to a ruptured lower pole hydrocalyx. Radiologic evidence was consistent with underlying medullary sponge kidney (MSK...

...Jürgen Zumbé; Daniel Porres; Pier-Luigi Degiorgis; Stephen Wyler We report a case of obturator and thigh abscess 2 years after transobturator tape implantation (TVT-O) for stress urinary incontinence. Fifteen months after sling implantation repeated incisions and drainages of multiple recurrent...

...Sigurd Kraus; G. Luedecke; M. Ludwig; W. Weidner Abscess formation secondary to chronic urethritis of the posterior male urethra caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae has become an atypical and rare urological complication. Periurethral abscess formation has been reported to be associated with gonococcal...

... describe a rare case of isolated renal hydatid cyst presenting as perinephric and ilopsoas abscess and discuss the dilemma in diagnosis and its managment. 17 12 2001 9 08 2002 27 8 2004 © 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel 2004 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights...

...J. Masood; N. Shah; T. Lane; J.M. Barua Long-term urinary catheterization is well recognized in the literature as being associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We present a rare and previously unreported complication of a cervical spine abscess resulting from methicillin-resistant...

...A. Collado; J. Ponce de León; D. Salinas; J. Salvador; J. Vicente Prostatic abscess due to fungi is a rare condition. It is generally secondary to systemic disease in immunosuppressed patients. It usually occurs with affection of other organs in a septic patient. Only in exceptional cases does...

...F. Arena; C. Fortunati; C. di Stefano; G. Peracchia; P. Cortellini Prostatic malacoplakia associated with prostatic abscess is an extremely rare disease. We present a case of prostatic malacoplakia presenting as a prostatic and seminal vesicle abscess in a patient with diabetes. The diagnosis...