... to the diagnosis. The main predisposing factors are renal stones/staghorn calculi, xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and renal tuberculosis. In the vast majority of the cases kidneys are poorly functioning or nonfunctioning. Surgical approach is the common management and usually consists of open nephrectomy. We...

...Fernando Val-Bernal; Felisa Castro Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XPN) is an uncommon, but not rare, type of bacterial infection of the kidneys. Malignancies originating within the renal pelvis are uncommon. We report a case of XPN associated with a transitional cell carcinoma (TCC...

...C.S. Biyani; F. Torella; P.A. Cornford; S.J.B. Brough This case report describes a patient with bilateral nephrocutaneous fistulae and xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. Contralateral involvement of the psoas muscle is a rare occurrence and has not been previously documented. 27 02 1997...

...Fulvio di Torino; Giuseppe Capizzi; Lucio Laurini; Giuseppe Costa; Riccardo Zennari; Eugenio Dall’;Orso; Walter Artibani; Dino Lavelli The authors report 2 cases of localized xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) in which computed tomography (CT) permitted to raise a motivated clinical suspicion...

..., revealed changes of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP). XGP can be confused clinically, grossly and microscopically with RCC. In the present case both were coexistent and thus make it interesting. 28 01 1991 27 05 1991 3 2 2010 © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel 1992 Copyright / Drug...

...G.O.N. Oosterhof; K.P.J. Delaere Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rather peculiar and rare form of chronic pyelonephritis and is usually caused by calculous urinary tract obstruction. The characteristic pathological finding is the presence of foam cells. We present 2 cases and give special...

...Overgaard Nielsen; M. Lorentzen Nine kidneys with typical xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XP) involvement were investigated on the occurrence of bacteria, bacterial fragments and antigen, in light microscopy using Gram staining and immunohistochemistry, and by electron microscopy. The present...

...Stefano Germani; Roberto Miano; Flavio Forte; Enrico Finazzi Agrò; Guido Virgili; Giuseppe Vespasiani Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare inflammatory disease of the kidney, presenting in a diffuse or focal form. The preoperative diagnosis of XGP is made only in 10% of the cases...

...C. Selli; P. De Antoni; U. Moro; A. Crisci; R. Bartoletti; C.A. Scott Focal xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis of the left lower pole was accidentally discovered in a 34-year-old woman at sonography. The patient had no history of stones and urinary tract infection and both conventional radiology...