Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia

Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia

Renal abscess is rare in children and the usual presenting features include fever, lumbar pain, abdominal pain and occasional flank mass. Renal ultrasonography facilitates an early diagnosis and helps in percutaneous drainage. We herewith report on a child with sickle cell anemia who developed a ren...

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Main Authors: Taksande Amar, Vilhekar K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2009;volume=20;issue=2;spage=282;epage=284;aulast=Taksande
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spelling doaj-c82832d800594446bb81d6e777e5f74a2020-11-25T02:52:36ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsSaudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation1319-24422009-01-01202282284Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemiaTaksande AmarVilhekar KRenal abscess is rare in children and the usual presenting features include fever, lumbar pain, abdominal pain and occasional flank mass. Renal ultrasonography facilitates an early diagnosis and helps in percutaneous drainage. We herewith report on a child with sickle cell anemia who developed a renal abscess.http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2009;volume=20;issue=2;spage=282;epage=284;aulast=Taksande
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Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
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title Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia
title_short Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia
title_full Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia
title_fullStr Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia
title_full_unstemmed Renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia
title_sort renal abscess in a child with sickle cell anemia
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
issn 1319-2442
publishDate 2009-01-01
description Renal abscess is rare in children and the usual presenting features include fever, lumbar pain, abdominal pain and occasional flank mass. Renal ultrasonography facilitates an early diagnosis and helps in percutaneous drainage. We herewith report on a child with sickle cell anemia who developed a renal abscess.
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