Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41338985›Full record

ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2026

Duodenal Obstruction Due to a Retroperitoneal Abscess Secondary to Pyelonephritis: A Rare but Significant Complication.

Ren Tanaka, Toru Matsui, Chihiro Tanaka, Yusuke Niwa, Oki Nakano, Hiromitsu Oka, Yutaka Honda, Masaaki Takamura

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ren TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
Toru MatsuiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
Chihiro TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
Yusuke NiwaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
Oki NakanoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
Hiromitsu OkaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
Yutaka HondaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.
Masaaki TakamuraDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nagaoka Chuo General Hospital, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 74-year-old woman presented with a fever and profuse vomiting. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a marked dilation of the stomach and proximal duodenum and a retroperitoneal abscess extending from the right ureter due to inflammatory spread. She was treated conservatively with nasogastric decompression and intravenous antibiotics, thus leading to a gradual resolution of both the obstruction and the abscess. This case highlights a rare but important complication of a urinary tract infection, emphasizing that extrinsic inflammatory etiologies should be considered in the differential diagnosis of duodenal obstruction, and that timely recognition may allow for successful conservative management without the need to perform any invasive procedures.

Indexed as

Abdominal AbscessAbscessDuodenal ObstructionPyelonephritisAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsFemaleHumansRetroperitoneal SpaceTomography, X-Ray ComputedAnti-Bacterial Agentsduodenal obstructionpyelonephritisretroperitoneal abscessurolithiasis

Identifiers

PMID41338985
PMCPMC13447751

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.