[Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in children].
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.
Bouhafs
Mohammed El Amine
Mel A
Service d'Urologie, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU Ibn Sina, Rabat, Maroc. amibou_1@hotmail.com
Cherradi
Nadia
N
El Azzouzi
Driss Arifi Mohamed
DA
Belkacem
Rachid
R
Barahioui
Mohammed
M
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies