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XANTHOGRAMULOMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS

Rare and serious long-standing infection / inflammation of the kidney that can result in the affected kidney eventually dying. Often seen with a large kidney stone and hydronephrosis (blockage of the draining tubes from the kidney).

XANTHOGRANULOMA

Benign and not cancerous.  Cholesterol deposits in the choroid plexus of the brain.  The choroid plexus is a normal structure in the brain.

XANTHOGRANULOMATOUS

A process related to or affecting the choroid plexus of the brain where cholesterol deposits are built up.  It is of no consequence.  The choroid plexus is a normal structure in the brain.

XYPHOID

Lowest part of the sternum (breastbone in the middle of the chest).