title: [The place of diagnostic imaging in xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis].
abstract: The urographic, angiographic, sonographic and computed tomographic findings in 4 cases of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis are presented along with correlation with the pathological specimens. The parenchyma of the kidney was replaced by multiple, rounded, low-density respectively hypoechogenic areas on CT and sonography that corresponded to dilated calices and/or inflammatory tissue. For diagnosing the characteristic extrarenal extension of the disease sonography was not as accurate as CT.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Universitätsklinik Münster.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vestring
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bongartz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014567:Urography
vernacular_title: Stellenwert der bildgebenden Diagnostik bei der xanthogranulomatösen Pyelonephritis.