PMID- 12002363 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20021017 LR - 20190906 IS - 0036-5599 (Print) IS - 0036-5599 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 1 DP - 2002 Feb TI - Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis--the "great imitator" justifies its name. PG - 74-6 AB - A case of focal xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) clearly imitating renal tumour is presented. The authors underline the need to include focal XGP in the preoperative differential diagnosis of a renal mass even in the absence of typical characteristics. FAU - Zorzos, I AU - Zorzos I AD - Department of Urology, Computed Tomography and Pathology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece. FAU - Moutzouris, V AU - Moutzouris V FAU - Petraki, C AU - Petraki C FAU - Katsou, G AU - Katsou G LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Scand J Urol Nephrol JT - Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology JID - 0114501 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Diagnosis, Differential MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Kidney/pathology MH - Kidney Neoplasms/diagnosis MH - Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous/*diagnosis/pathology EDAT- 2002/05/11 10:00 MHDA- 2002/10/18 04:00 CRDT- 2002/05/11 10:00 PHST- 2002/05/11 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/10/18 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/05/11 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/003655902317259418 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Scand J Urol Nephrol. 2002 Feb;36(1):74-6. doi: 10.1080/003655902317259418.