Emphysematous gastritis refers to inflammation in the stomach or gas in the wall of the stomach. Emphysematous gastritis occurs when organisms that produce gas colonize the stomach and digestive tract ...

Emphysematous cholecystitis is a rare but serious infection that causes gas to form in the gallbladder’s walls. It stems from acute cholecystitis — inflammation of the gallbladder — and requires ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are very common and often mild. Often, UTIs even resolve on their own without treatment. However, a rare type of UTI called emphysematous cystitis (EC) is much more ...

Inside the upper right part of your abdomen, below your liver, is a small, pear-shaped organ called the gallbladder (unless you’ve already had yours removed). The gallbladder’s job is to store and ...

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe, necrotizing renal parenchymal infection that is characterized by the production of intraparenchymal gas. EPN predominantly affects female diabetics, and ...

The major sites of obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are small airways (<2 mm in diameter). We wanted to determine whether there was a relationship between small-airway ...

Background A 54-year-old nondiabetic male presented with high fever, vague lower abdominal pain and leakage of urine around his long-standing suprapubic catheter. Examination revealed pyrexia and ...

A 65-year-old woman with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease presented to the emergency department with dysuria and lower abdominal pain of 1 day. The patient’s body temperature ...

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A 48-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with three days of fever, along with rigors, left flank pain and oliguria. She had diabetic nephropathy with a baseline serum creatinine level ...

THE term "emphysematous gastritis" has been employed to designate an infection characterized by the presence of numerous small gas bubbles throughout the wall of the stomach. The lesion is closely ...