
Is it just an obstructive pyelonephritis?
Author(s) -
Teixeira Mariana,
Ferreira Filipa Coroado,
Naia Leonor,
Pinheiro Inês,
Rabadão Tiago,
Aveiro Marcelo,
Ferreira Erica,
Silva Fernando
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4327
Subject(s) - medicine , biopsy , renal biopsy , radiology , intensive care medicine
Pyelocaliceal obstruction is a diagnostic challenge, and it is important to identify the obstruction cause. Some patients present extra‐renal compressive masses that need further imagiologic investigation and a biopsy, to establish the diagnosis.