Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a Horse-Shoe kidney
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGPN) represents an unusual suppurative gra-nulomatous reaction to chronic infection, often in the presence of chronic obstruction from a calculus. We present a case of XGPN in a horse shoe kidney in an adult. Hemi-nephrectomy of the involved side was followed by...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2010-01-01
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Series: | Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation |
Online Access: | http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2010;volume=21;issue=3;spage=515;epage=517;aulast=Mongha |