Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis infiltrating the liver

J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Oct;43(10):e7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.05.017.

Abstract

We report for the first time a patient with a caliceal diverticulum that was detected in early childhood, who in adolescence developed xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis to the diverticulum and surrounding kidney and infiltrated to the liver. The condition was treated by nonradical organ-sparing surgery and prolonged antibiotic therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cefuroxime / therapeutic use
  • Cephalexin / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diverticulum / complications
  • Diverticulum / diagnosis
  • Diverticulum / surgery
  • Escherichia coli Infections / complications
  • Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy
  • Escherichia coli Infections / pathology*
  • Escherichia coli Infections / surgery
  • Hepatectomy / methods
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calices / pathology
  • Kidney Diseases / complications
  • Kidney Diseases / diagnosis
  • Kidney Diseases / surgery
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Nephrectomy / methods
  • Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / complications
  • Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / drug therapy
  • Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / pathology*
  • Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / surgery
  • Trimethoprim / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Clindamycin
  • Trimethoprim
  • Cefuroxime
  • Cephalexin