Title of article :
Focal Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis - A Rapidly Developing Process: A Case Report
Author/Authors :
MURSI, KHALED Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Urology, Egypt
Abstract :
XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS pyelonephritis (XGP) is rare, unilateral manifestation of chronic interstitial nephritis characterized by the destruction and replacement of the normal parenchyma by sheets of lipid-laden histocytes. It is considered to be an unusual cellular response to bacterial invasion and bacteria induced process.
Journal title :
The Medical Journal of Cairo University
Journal title :
The Medical Journal of Cairo University
