Open AccessCo-existing malakoplakia and xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis of kidney: Two different spectrum of same disease process
Author(s) -
Debi Prasad Das,
Dilip Kumar Pal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.179242
Subject(s) - malakoplakia , medicine , concomitant , xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis , infiltration (hvac) , kidney disease , infectious process , disease , pathology , kidney , infectious disease (medical specialty) , immunology , physics , thermodynamics , nephrectomy
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) and malakoplakia (MKP) are chronic inflammatory condition of kidney characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells. We are presenting a rare case of concomitant XGP and MKP in the same kidney. This signifies that the two are different spectrums of the same disease process.