Emphysematous cystitis in a renal transplant recipient

Abstract

Emphysematous cystitis is a rare entity characterized by gas inside the bladder and in its wall on CT, the gold standard to establish the diagnosis. Few renal transplant recipients have reported few cases, and none of them had associated diabetes over the last ten years. We report the case of a 64-year-old female who had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and who presented emphysematous cystitis nine years after her kidney transplant for chronic interstitial nephropathy. Abbreviations: CBEU: cytobacteriological examination of urine.; CT: Computed Tomography; CECT: Contrast-enhanced computed tomography; CBEU:Cytobacteriological examination of urine