title: [Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and renal carcinoma. Report of a clinical case and review of the literature].
abstract: Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rare disease of the kidney; renal parenchyma is replaced by lesions radiologically simulating clear cell carcinoma. We present a case of a 62-year-old diabetic woman observed at our institution for the appearance of back pain and dysuria. A CT scan revealed a large lesion of left kidney with psoas muscle infiltration and the patient undrwent a nephrectomy. Histology surprisingly showed a xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. Though recent reports demonstrated the feasibility of conservative management of XGP with antibiotics, the use of pre-operative biopsy is still limited by the risk of seeding and the high false-negative results. How to distinguish xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis from renal cancer?
authors.affiliation: Università Campus BioMedico di Roma, Area di Chirurgia Generale, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Roma.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garberini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caricato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valeri
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alloni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ausania
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosignoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rabitti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coppola
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000175:diagnosis*