An unusual cause of hemoptysis.
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a renal inflammatory process associated with chronic obstruction and renal calculi. A patient with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis presented with the acute onset of hemoptysis and a lung mass. At thoracotomy the mass was resected and found to be a renal calculus embedded within inflammatory tissue.
Urbat
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BE
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Harper Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Haapaniemi
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JR
Weyhing
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BT
Baciewicz
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FA
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications*