title: Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in childhood.
abstract: Urographic, arteriographic and B-mode echographic findings in a four-year-old girl with tumefactive xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis are reported. Review of our case and those that preceded it illustrates that when a localized mass in a functioning kidney is encountered radiographically in a child, xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis should be included in the preoperative differential diagnosis. Nephrectomy may then be avoided.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography