Acute Lumbago and Sciatica as First Symptoms of Focal Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare inflammatory disease of the kidney, presenting in a diffuse or focal form. The preoperative diagnosis of XGP is made only in 10% of the cases because neither the clinical nor the radiological presentation are specific and could be confused with rena...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Urologia internationalis 2002-01, Vol.69 (3), p.247-249 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare inflammatory disease of the kidney, presenting in a diffuse or focal form. The preoperative diagnosis of XGP is made only in 10% of the cases because neither the clinical nor the radiological presentation are specific and could be confused with renal tumors, thus deserving the name of ‘great imitator’. We report a case of focal XGP in a middle-aged man presenting with acute lumbago and sciatica, an unusual clinical presentation. |
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ISSN: | 0042-1138 1423-0399 |
DOI: | 10.1159/000063938 |