Author/Authors :
Mongha, Ritesh SSKM Hospital - Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) - Department of Urology, India , Dutta, Arindam SSKM Hospital - Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) - Department of Urology, India , Vijay, Mukesh SSKM Hospital - Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) - Department of Urology, India , Chatterjee, Uttara SSKM Hospital - Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) - Department of Pathology, India , Chakraborty, Sudip C SSKM Hospital - Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) - Department of Urology, India
Abstract :
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGPN) represents an unusual suppurative granulomatous 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 clinical improvement. The case highlights the importance of early hemi-nephrectomy in XPGN with horse shoe kidney.
