Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a horse-shoe kidney

الملخص EN

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGPN) represents an unusual suppurative granulomatous reaction to chronic infection, often in the presence of chronic obstruction from a calculus.

We present a case of XGPN in a horse shoe kidney in an adult.

Hemi-nephrectomy of the involved side was followed by clinical improvement.

The case highlights the importance of early hemi-nephrectomy in XPGN with horse shoe kidney.