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Co-existing malakoplakia and xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis of kidney: Two different spectrum of same disease process

2016; Medknow; Volume: 8; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/0974-7796.179242

0974-7834

DilipKumar Pal, DebiPrasad Das,

Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments

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.