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Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with psoas abscess and renocolic fistula
Kazuya Kato1, Yoshiaki Iwasaki2, Yurina Kato1
1Department of Surgery Pippu Clinic Pippu Town, Kamikawa-gun Hokkaido Japan.
Clinical Case Reports
|July 11, 2018
Abstract:
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is an uncommon inflammatory disease of the kidney 1. Diffuse XGP is a rare condition which may spread into the pelvic cavity leading to fatal complications from a psoas muscle abscess and/or renocolic fistula 2. In diffuse type, nephrectomy and excision of the fistula is the recommended treatment.
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