Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
Updates to Study Attributes
There is a staghorn calculus of the left renal pelvis and further extensive calculi within the dilated calyces, with thinning of the renal parenchyma in keeping with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. Left perinephric and para-aortic lymphadenopathy. There is thickening of the proximal left ureter with periureteric fat stranding, likely to represent pyelitis/urethritis. The right kidney is within normal limits with a simple cortical cyst.
Sigmoid colitis/proctitis.
Bilateral pleural effusions and bibasal collapse/consolidation.
Updates to Case Attributes
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a form of pyelonephritis and is a chronic inflammatory condition that is caused by infection of the kidney, usually as a secondary complication to staghorn calculi. The differential must include renal carcinomas, malakoplakia, megalocytic interstitial nephritis and perhaps leiomyosarcoma.
-<p>Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a form of pyelonephritis and is a chronic inflammatory condition that is caused by infection of the kidney, usually as a secondary complication to staghorn calculi. The differential must include renal carcinomas, malakoplakia, megalocytic interstitial nephritis and perhaps leiomyosarcoma.</p>- +<p><a title="Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis" href="/articles/xanthogranulomatous-pyelonephritis">Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis</a> is a form of pyelonephritis and is a chronic inflammatory condition that is caused by infection of the kidney, usually as a secondary complication to staghorn calculi. The differential must include renal carcinomas, malakoplakia, megalocytic interstitial nephritis and perhaps leiomyosarcoma.</p>
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