Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020
Emphysematous cystitis an unusual case of urinary tract infection in long standing rheumatoid arthritis; A case report
Abhijit Wadekar1, Yash Gupte1, Parth Godhiwala1♦, Swapnil Lahole1, Sachin Agrawal2, Sunil Kumar2
1Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences
(Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
2Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be
University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
♦Corresponding author
Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine,
Jawaharlal Nehru medical college,
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University),
Wardha, Maharashtra, India;
Email: persie_parth@yahoo.in
ABSTRACT
2Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email: persie_parth@yahoo.in
Emphysematous Cystitis is a rare condition with presence of air within the urinary bladder wall and lumen which commonly presents
with vague symptoms ranging from asymptomatic to sepsis. We report an elderly female, known case of rheumatoid arthritis on
methotrexate admitted with complaints of pain in lower abdomen, later came out to be urinary tract infection due to acute
emphysematous cystitis diagnosed on CECT abdomen.
Keywords: Emphysematous cystitis, rheumatoid arthritis, urinary tract infection
Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 2993-2996
