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case_images: The CT scan shows bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis before antibiotic treatment
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case_images: Table 1. The patient was referred for a non-contrast abdominopelvic CT scan, which demonstrated multiple air collections within the parenchyma and collecting systems of both kidneys, along with a hyperdense filling defect in the gallbladder, with no features suggestive of renal calculi (Figure 1).
case_images: The CT scan shows complete resolution of right renal emphysematous pyelonephritis after oral antibiotics
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case_images: Following antibiotic therapy with oral levofloxacin, a repeat CT showed complete resolution of the EPN (Figure 2). 