title: [Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in the infant. A report on 4 cases (author's transl)].
abstract: Four cases of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in children are reported. In three cases, the disease took a diffuse form and in the fourth it was of a localised form. Around these cases, the authors review 39 case histories published between 1963 and 1978 and which involve only children. An over-all assessment of the 43 cases thus gathered together allows the general picture of xanthogranulomatous pyelonepn 9 cases, it was of the localised type; and in 4 cases, the pyelonephritis only involved one or another pyelon in patients with re-duplication. The diffuse type is more common in boys and the localised type in girls. Twenty-nine cases were found in children of less than five years. In 23 cases, there was a proteus infection. The etio-pathogenesis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis remains obscure. The main clinical and therapeutic problems are dealt with.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006099:Granuloma; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D014973:Xanthomatosis
vernacular_title: Pyélonéphrite xanthogranulomateuse chez l'enfant a propos de 4 observations.