Surgically Discovered Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis Invading Inferior Vena Cava with Coexisting Renal Cell Carcinoma | Zendy

Henry Rosevear | Zendy; Melissa M. Meier | Zendy; Brian L. Gallagher | Zendy; Fadi N. Joudi | Zendy

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Surgically Discovered Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis Invading Inferior Vena Cava with Coexisting Renal Cell Carcinoma

Author(s) -

Henry Rosevear,

Melissa M. Meier,

Brian L. Gallagher,

Fadi N. Joudi

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the scientific world journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 2356-6140

pISSN - 1537-744X

DOI - 10.1100/tsw.2009.6

Subject(s) - inferior vena cava , medicine , renal vein , renal cell carcinoma , kidney , pathology , thrombus , radiology , anatomy , surgery

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a chronic inflammatory process that results in replacement of renal and/or perirenal tissue with a diffuse infiltrate of inflammatory cells referred to as xanthoma cells. We present a case of a 49-year-old man with an incidentally discovered renal mass with inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus, who was found intraoperatively to have a significant inflammatory process involving the posterior wall of his IVC and right renal vein consistent with XGP surrounding a focus of clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the midportion of his right kidney.

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