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Bacterial sepsis after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of calyceal diverticular stone

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Most calyceal diverticula are asymptomatic but symptoms occur when there is urinary stasis leading to infection and calculi. Septic shock after ESWL of calyceal stone occurs rarely. A 24-year-old woman had septic shock due to after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of asymptomatic calyceal diverticular stone.

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  1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

    Mi Mi Oh, Cheol Yong Yoon, Hong Seok Park & Du Geon Moon

  2. College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Jin Wook Kim, Jong Wook Kim & Ji Yun Chae

  3. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Gimhae, Republic of Korea

    Min Gu Park

  4. Department of Urology, Korea University Hospital, 80, Guro-dong, Guro-ku, Seoul, 152-703, Republic of Korea

    Du Geon Moon

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Oh, M.M., Kim, J.W., Kim, J.W. et al. Bacterial sepsis after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of calyceal diverticular stone. Urolithiasis 41, 95–97 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-012-0526-7

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