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Case Reports
. 2016 Jun 15:2016:bcr2016216025.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-216025.

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis

Tahmina Begum  1 , Muhammad Ekramul Huq  1 , Mashrafi Ahmed  1
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Case Reports

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis

Tahmina Begum et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
(A) CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis showing a large left kidney with multiple areas of low density suggestive of necrosis or abscess (yellow arrow).
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Figure 2
(A) CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis showing xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (yellow arrow) and stag horn calculus at the renal pelvis (green arrow).
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