Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is characterized by destruction of the tissues of the organ involved and replacement by chronic inflammatory cells such as lymphocytes, plasma cells, occasional neutrophils with or without multinucleated or Touton giant cells. Exact aetiology is not known but the theory of infection with organisms like Proteus, E coli, and Bacteroides fragilis is most popular. X...

Neeru Gupta*, Chhaya Gupta Department of Pathology, Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, Paschim vihar, New Delhi, India Xanthogranulomatous oophritis is an unusual chronic inflammatory condition which clinically presents as a mass like lesion in the pelvic cavity. It invades the surrounding tissue and thus mimics like a tumor. Patients with xanthogranulomatous oophoritis presents with lower ab...

Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a form of chronic inflammatory process with collection foamy macrophages in sheets, often presence giant cell reaction. Here, we present case xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis tibia 43 years old patient, which rare pathological entity and possibly was reported first 1984. The histopathological sections revealed dense lympho-plasmacytic infiltrate the marrow s...

Background and Objective: Xanthogranulomatous oophritis is an uncommon, non-neoplastic, chronic process in which the affected organ is destroyed by massive cellular infiltration of foamy histiocytes admixed with multinucleated giant cells, plasma cells, fibroblasts, neutrophils, and foci of necrosis. The etiology of this entity is unknown, but it shares histopathological findin...

Xanthogranulomatous orchitis has been reported to be an extremely rare inflammatory change caused by infection and is difficult to distinguish from testicular tumor. We report a 28-year-old man who presented with a lump in his left testis after a blunt testicular trauma. Based on a series of imaging tests, we suspected benign tumor such as epidermoid cyst and performed tumor enucleation (testis...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2016;5(S1) tau.amegroups.com of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis. Methods: The clinical data of a case of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis were analyzed retrospectively and discussed with relative literature review. Results: A 56-year-old man presented with a 1 month history of difficult urination, which was exacerbat...

BACKGROUND Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis is an unusual benign inflammatory process of prostate. Clinically it mimics prostatic carcinoma, requiring pathological examination for diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 60-year-old patient presented with 6 months history of increasing difficulty in micturition. On digital rectal examination prostate was hard and nodular and estimated weight was 50-gram...

A 73-year-old woman with leukemia presented with urinary tract infection, splenic abscess, and a renal mass. Both urine culture and pus culture of the splenic abscess yielded Klebsiella pneumoniae. Percutaneous biopsy of the renal mass confirmed the diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. Because of high risk for surgery, the patient received treatment with antibiotic therapy for 2 mon...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2016;5(S1) tau.amegroups.com of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis. Methods: The clinical data of a case of xanthogranulomatous prostatitis were analyzed retrospectively and discussed with relative literature review. Results: A 56-year-old man presented with a 1 month history of difficult urination, which was exacerbat...

PURPOSE Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is an uncommon disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by extensive destruction of the involved kidney. It is being increasingly recognized as an important cause of renal morbidity around the world. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study was undertaken to review the xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis cases presented at our tertiary...