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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58227| Title: | Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis : the case of a perplexing kidney |
| Authors: | Said Conti, Valerie Azzopardi, Christine Fearne, Christopher Cuckow, Peter |
| Keywords: | Pyelonephritis Fistula Kidneys -- Diseases -- Case studies Kidneys -- Hypertrophy Xanthomonas diseases |
| Issue Date: | 2014 |
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
| Citation: | Said Conti, V., Azzopardi, C., Fearne, C., & Cuckow, P. (2014). Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis: the case of a perplexing kidney. BMJ Case Reports, 1-2. |
| Abstract: | A previously healthy 2-year-old girl presented with turbid urine and pallor. She was otherwise asymptomatic and afebrile. Clinical examination revealed a large ballotable right-sided abdominal mass. Ultrasound revealed an enlarged right kidney with loss of the normal renal architecture, which was replaced with multiple hypoechoic nodules. A number of renal calculi were observed with typical acoustic shadowing. A contrast-enhanced CT scan demonstrated the diagnostic ‘bear’s paw’ sign, multiple calculi, retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy and a small right psoas abscess. A dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan demonstrated a non-functioning kidney. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/58227 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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