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Yu-ning Wong, MD, MSCE
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Emphysematous Pyelonephritis Caused by Pasteurella multocida
Yu-ning Wong, MD, MSCE;Byungse Suh, MD;Rosaleen Parsons, MD;Bijoy Telivala, MD, MBBS;Naomi Haas, MD;David Chen, MD;Richard Greenberg, MD
March 31st 2009Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare but life-threatening infection characterized by widespread necrosis and production of gas within the kidney.
Progressive Dysphagia and Weight Loss in an African American Woman
December 31st 2006Over the past 6 months, a 76-year-old African American woman has had increasingdifficulty in swallowing solid food and has lost 40 lb. She can now tolerateonly liquids and foods with a pudding-like consistency. Ingestion of moresolid food produces the sensation that it is “sticking in her chest,” and shesubsequently regurgitates it undigested. She denies heartburn, reflux, nausea,hematemesis, abdominal pain, and melena.
