Objective To describe the features of a female patient with a biopsy-proven xanthogranulomatous infiltration of the conjunctiva, limbus and sclera who had an exudative retinal detachment, combined ophthalmic artery and central retinal vein occlusion unilaterally. Method A-53-year old otherwise healthy woman presenting with a painful visual loss in her right eye underwent an ophthalmic examina...

The origin of the intracellular fat in human xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis has been the centre of some discussion in the past. A report of a case in a domestic cat is of interest as normal feline renal epithelium is rich in stainable fat. A comparison of the human and feline varieties of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis reveals certain fundamental differences between the two and reinforc...

Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the kidney is a rare entity. Coexistence of SCC with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephrits is exceedingly rare with only few reports in the literature. We report a case of a 45-year-old male patient with xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis coexistence with renal SCC in one kidney, which proved radiologically and histopathologically. The patient presented to the medic...

Xanthogranulomatous epididymitis is a rare benign process with destruction of tissue and replacement by cellular infiltration foamy macrophages, dense lymphocytes plasma cells. Literature has very few case reports. We reported here 72 years old male who presented as scrotal abscess bilateral hydrocele on ultrasound. On exploration he had normal right testis localized to epididymis underwent epi...

PATIENT Male, 59 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Xanthogranulomatous osteomyelitis Symptoms: Painful swelling in the wrist Medication: Drug history of antifulgal agents Clinical Procedure: Excisional biopsy Specialty: Radiology. OBJECTIVE Rare disease. BACKGROUND Xanthogranulomatous inflammation is a chronic inflammatory disease in which bone involvement is extremely rare. Bone involvement of xanthogranul...

Introduction: Xanthogranulomatous chole-cystitis represents an uncommon chronic cholecystitis characterized by gallbladder wall thickening infiltrating to the adjacent liver parenchyma. This feature creates a challenge for the hepatobiliary surgeon in treating this rare disease, which mimics gallbladder carcinoma leading to unnecessary enlarged hepatic resection. Case Report: A 62-year-old male...

Received April 2007 Accepted August 2007 INTRODUCTION Emphysematous pyelonephritis is an uncommon and severe acute bacterial infection of the kidney. Diagnosis is usually made very late due to changing manifestations and infrequent occurrence. On the other hand, xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a rare severe renal infection which typically results in diffused destruction of the kidney in a...

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is an uncommon form of chronic bacterial pyelonephritis characterized by the destruction of renal parenchyma and the presence of granulomas, abscesses, and collections of lipid-laden macrophages (foam cells) replacing the renal parenchyma. This case report illustrates the clinical course of bilateral diffuse xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with a subtle man...