Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis

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Non contrast - staghorn calculus
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  • Chronic infection of kidney
  • Obstructing calculus
  • Atrophic or nonfunctioning kidney
  • Perirenal fibrofatty proliferation with lipid-laden macrophages
  • Treatment is antibiotics followed by surgical intervention
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