Perinephric xanthogranulomatosis: CT diagnosis and confirmation by CT-guided percutaneous biopsy.
Xanthogranulomatosis is an idiopathic, rare process in which lipid-laden histiocytes may deposit in various locations in the body, which if systemic is called Erdheim-Chester disease. A rare case of isolated retroperitoneal, bilateral perinephric xanthogranulomatosis is reported. The diagnosis was suspected on cross-sectional imaging and was confirmed by CT-guided percutaneous core biopsy.
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Department of Radiology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 259 First Street, Mineola, NY 11501, USA.
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Fruauff
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Grossman
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed