DIFFICULTIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF XANTOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS | Zendy

Emil Enchev | Zendy; Georgi Minkov | Zendy; Evgeni Dimitrov | Zendy; S Nikolov | Zendy; A. S. Petrov | Zendy; I.P. Ovcharov | Zendy; Yovcho Yovtchev | Zendy

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DIFFICULTIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT OF XANTOGRANULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS

Author(s) -

Emil Enchev,

Georgi Minkov,

Evgeni Dimitrov,

S Nikolov,

A. S. Petrov,

I.P. Ovcharov,

Yovcho Yovtchev

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

trakia journal of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1313-3551

pISSN - 1312-1723

DOI - 10.15547/tjs.2020.02.007

Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , intravenous urography , radiology , angiography , pyelogram , kidney , lithotripsy , xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis , surgery , urinary system

Purpose: The diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is primarily histological. The mandatory studies that have to be performed are: abdominal echography, excretory urography, CT, and renal angiography.Methods: The current report covers a period of 16 years (1992-2008) and presents clinical material from 9 patients with a long history of nephrolithiasis. In the past, six of them have undergone surgical or extracorporeal lithotripsy.Results and conclusion: The performed preoperative imaging studies showed kidney tumors, and the operative treatment method used was nephrectomy. The post-operative follow-up did not detect any complications in any of these patients

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