title: [Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors report their experience of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in children and emphasize the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties supported by several published series.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a retrospective based on ten patients treated for xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Treatment was surgical in 90% of patients. Total nephrectomy was performed in all diffuse forms (80%) and one of the 2 localized forms (10%). Treatment was exclusively medical in only one patient (10%). Five subcapsular nephrectomies, three total nephrectomies and one radical total nephrectomy were performed. The course after treatment was excellent in 100% of cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The treatment of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is surgical, although cure can sometimes be achieved by conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc. amibou_1@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammed El Amine
authors.initials: Mel A
authors.lastname: Bouhafs
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cherradi
authors.forename: Driss Arifi Mohamed
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: El Azzouzi
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belkacem
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barahioui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies