[Papillary necrosis and formation of fungal balls in a patient with AIDS: a clinical case and brief review].

作者信息

López Aramburu M A, Arroyo Muñoz J L, Espiga Santamaría J, Marcos Díaz J, Alcalde Delgado F, Gómez López A, Gutiérrez Mínguez E, Andreu García A

机构信息

Servicio de Urología, Hospital Santiago Apóstol, Miranda de Ebro, Burgos.

出版信息

Actas Urol Esp. 1990 Sep-Oct;14(5):371-3.

An AIDS case, with a Candida urinary infection causing papillary necrosis and accompanied by occurrence of fungal lumps is reported. The paper remarks on the incidence and peculiarities of urinary affectation in these patients, emphasizing the usefulness of percutaneous nephrostomy as a diagnostic, and above all as a therapeutic procedure, in cases of expanded urinary tract.