Focal xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis simulating malignancy in children.
Xantogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a severe chronic form of renal parenquimal infection that usually results in diffuse renal destruction. An unusual case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a child is reported which presented as a focal mass without calculus in a functioning kidney and was diagnosed as a renal tumor.
López-Medina
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Cruces, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain.
Ereño
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Fernández-Cantón
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Zuazo
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D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography