A Case of Pyonephrosis of an Obstructed Atrophic Kidney
Journal Title: Clinical Medical Reviews and Case Reports - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 12
Abstract
This case is of a 67-year-old male who presented to the office with multiple symptoms and was treated for a variety of infections before the correct diagnosis of pyonephrosis in the setting of chronic ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction was made.
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