A Cases of Xanthogranulomatous Pyelonephritis in Children / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is an uncommon form of chronic bacterial infection of the kidney that may occur at any age but is most often seen in middle-aged or older women. Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in children is very rare. We report a 2-year-4-month-old male hospitalized with complaints of palpable abdominal mass. Excretory urography, abdominal sonogram, abdominal computed tomogram showed hydronephrosis with right renal stones and ureteropelvic junction obstruction. It was treated with right nephrectomy. Pathologic findings revealed xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis postoperatively. This case is a xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis occurred in the most youngest age in Korean literatures.