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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(2):273-279. Published online February 15, 1993.

A Case of Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis in Child

Sa-Young SY Kim¹, Byung-Mun BM Lee¹, Soo-Young SY Kim¹, Hee-Joo HJ Jeon¹, Chan-Yung CY Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University, College of Medicine, Pusan, Korea

Abstract

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis, and uncommon chronic inflammatory renal disorder of middle-aged women, is rarely seen in childhood. A 10 year-old boy with focal type of this disease in upper and lower pole was experienced. Patient had a intermittent fever and right flank pain without palpable mass. The blood analysis only revealed ESR increase but no anemia, no leukocytosis. There nothing abnormal. An intravenous pyelogram, ultrasonogram, abdominal CT and selective renal gross finding and frozen section strongly showed xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and diagnosis was made on histological examination. After nephrectomy, there had been no evidence of disease recurrence during 2 years follow-up peiod.

Keywords :Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis