Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2010)

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a Horse-Shoe kidney

  • Mongha Ritesh,
  • Dutta Arindam,
  • Vijay Mukesh,
  • Chatterjee Uttara,
  • Chakraborty Sudip

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 3
pp. 515 – 517

Abstract

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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 clinical improvement. The case highlights the importance of early hemi-nephrectomy in XPGN with horse shoe kidney.