title: Cutaneous xanthogranulomatous inflammation: a potential indicator of internal disease.
abstract: Cutaneous xanthogranulomatous inflammation is usually regarded as a primary disease process. We describe two patients with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and nephro-cutaneous fistulae, one patient with xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis and a chole-cutaneous fistula and one patient with xanthogranulomatous appendicitis and appendiceal-cutaneous fistula. After the first case, awareness that cutaneous xanthogranulomatous inflammation can be secondary to related internal disease played a vital diagnostic role in the subsequent cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Sheffield Medical School, U.K.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications; D001658:Biliary Fistula / Q000150:complications; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications; D006099:Granuloma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000209:etiology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000150:complications; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000209:etiology*