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| Caption    = Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. CD68 immunostain.
| Caption    = Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. CD68 immunostain.
| Synonyms  =
| Synonyms  =
| Micro      =
| Micro      = abundant (foamy) macrophages (associated with the collecting system - medulla, not cortex), +/-giant cells, +/-cholesterol clefts, +/-interstitial lymphocytes and plasma cells, +/-interstitial fibrosis, +/-calcifications
| Subtypes  =
| Subtypes  =
| LMDDx      = [[malakoplakia]], RCC - especially [[PRCC]], granulomatous disease, [[chronic pyelonephritis]], [[interstitial nephritis]], occasionally [[renal cell carcinoma]]
| LMDDx      = [[malakoplakia]], RCC - especially [[PRCC]], granulomatous disease, [[chronic pyelonephritis]], interstitial nephritis, occasionally [[renal cell carcinoma]]
| Stains    = [[PAS-D]] -ve
| Stains    = [[PAS-D]] -ve
| IHC        = CD68 +ve, CD10 -ve, pankeratin -ve
| IHC        = CD68 +ve, CD10 -ve, [[pankeratin]] -ve
| EM        =
| EM        =
| Molecular  =
| Molecular  =
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*+/-Interstitial lymphocytes and plasma cells.
*+/-Interstitial lymphocytes and plasma cells.
*+/-Interstitial fibrosis.
*+/-Interstitial fibrosis.
*+/-Cholesterol clefts (common).
*+/-Calcifications - dystrophic.


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===Micro===
The sections show degenerative renal parenchyma with surrounding histiocytes, other inflammatory cells, fibrosis and cholesterol clefts.


==See also==
==See also==
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