Case Report of Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: A Rare Diagnostic in Pediatric Aged Patients
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is an unusual variant of chronic pyelonephritis in which there is massive destruction of the renal parenchyma by granulomatous tissue.
Carolina Ferreira Gonçalves +4 more
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Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis Associated with Hepatic Dysfunction in Pregnancy
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rare disease characterised by the replacement of normal renal parenchyma by foamy macrophages. The only treatment for this type of pyelonephritis is of a surgical nature with partial or total nephrectomy.
L. Ferreira +3 more
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Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis: A Rare Presentation
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is an uncommon chronic destructive disease process of renal parenchyma, associated with recurrent urinary tract infection. It is seen predominantly in females with no age specificity.
Kafil Akhtar +4 more
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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with calculus migration into the psoas abscess: an unusual complication [PDF]
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare variant of chronic pyelonephritis. It is characterized by progressive parenchymal destruction caused by chronic renal obstruction due to calculus, stricture, or rarely tumor, resulting in kidney function
Ethiraj, Dillibabu +4 more
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Xanthogranulomatous inflammation of the perimetrium with infiltration into the uterine myometrium in a postmenopausal woman: a case report [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is an uncommon form of chronic inflammation that is destructive to the normal tissue of affected organs.
Daichi Maeda +9 more
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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rare and aggressive form of chronic pyelonephritis, it can occur at all age groups but is more common in women than in men, supposedly relating to the increased incidence of urinary tract infections and chronic ...
Farid Aassouani, MD +12 more
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Emphysematous and xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: rare diagnosis
Pyelonephritis is a pyogenic infection of renal parenchyma that involves the renal pelvis. It is generally of easy diagnosis. The present case report aims to describe two different manifestations of this infection: xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and ...
Lya Duarte Ramos +4 more
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Postpartum xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: A case report
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is seldom seen nowadays due to the aggressive treatment of upper urinary tract infections as well as recent advances in the management of urolithiasis. It has been rarely reported in the peri-partum period.
Jose M. El-Asmar +4 more
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Laparascopic-assisted nephroureterectomy for shaped urolithiasis and xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: Case report and review of literature [PDF]
We report a case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) complicated by shaped urolithiasis, severe hydroureteronephrosis and kidney exclusion treated by laparoscopic-assisted nephroureterectomy.
Angela Basile +6 more
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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: a review [PDF]
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XP), first described in 1916, is a rare form of chronic granulomatous inflammation. The etiology is still unclear; however, the development of the disease is associated with chronic urinary obstruction secondary to ...
Abundez-Pliego, Ana L. +8 more
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