Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with acquired cystic disease of the kidney in a haemodialysis patient.
A 54-year-old-female patient who had received regular haemodialysis therapy for 12 years was referred to our hospital for evaluation of a left renal mass. Imaging examinations revealed acquired cystic disease of the kidney (ACDK) and a tumour-like lesion in the left kidney. Because of the preoperative diagnosis of the left renal cell carcinoma, the patient underwent a left nephrectomy. Pathological examination revealed xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. It was difficult to distinguish xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis from renal cell carcinoma in our case, because it is very rare for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis to occur in ACDK.
Nakatani
Tatsuya
T
Department of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Uchida
Junji
J
Iwai
Tomoaki
T
Yoshida
Naomasa
N
Kuratsukuri
Katsuyuki
K
Takemoto
Yoshiaki
Y
Sugimura
Kazunobu
K
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000150:complications*; D006435:Renal Dialysis