title: Preoperative diagnosis of renal xanthogranulomatosis by serial urinary cytology: preliminary report.
abstract: The search for foam cells in the urinary sediment of patients with possible renal xanthogranulomatosis can constitute a harmless and useful diagnostic method for this frequently occurring renal disease, which previously has been diagnosed with certainty only by histological examination or biopsy. Of 5 cases studied the search was positive in 80 per cent.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005487:Foam Cells / Q000032:analysis; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014973:Xanthomatosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000652:urine*