Napal Lecumberri S, Hernando Alonso J, Ortega Zurro J, Gil de la Puente J, Hernando Albistegui A, Martín de Frutos T, Encinas Gaspar B
Arch Esp Urol. 1998 Apr;51(3):296-7.
To describe a case of acute abdomen arising from an underlying urological condition.
METHODS/RESULTS: Herein we describe a patient with acute abdomen arising from a pyonephrotic kidney with fistulization to the peritoneal cavity. The clinical manifestations disappeared following nephrectomy by the anterior approach and drainage of the intraperitoneal cavity.
Although infrequent, it should be taken into account that peritoneal abscess and/or pyonephrosis can cause acute abdomen when they fistulize to the peritoneal cavity.
