Intrathoracic ectopic kidney: Surgical intervention and its consequences
Intrathoracic ectopic kidney is a very rare form of ectopic kidney. It is usually asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally during chest investigations. A 3-year-old boy was admitted to our center with respiratory distress and fever recurrent since birth ...
Yasser Mustafa +2 more
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Retrocaval Ureter: An Innocent Bystander [PDF]
Retrocaval ureter is a rare congenital anomaly, with the ureter passing posterior to the inferior vena cava. Though it is a congenital anomaly, patients do not normally present with symptoms until the 3rd and 4th decades of life, which result from a ...
Gosavi VS +4 more
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Scintigraphy and Doppler ultrasonography for the evaluation of obstructive urinary calculi [PDF]
Forty-seven patients with unilateral obstructive calculi (12 males and 35 females) were submitted to 99mTc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA) or 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scans for assessment of renal function.
Ajzen, Sergio Aron +6 more
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Venous air embolism: A complication during percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Venous air embolism during percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) following air pyelogram or saline irrigation has been occasionally reported. We present a case of suspected venous air embolism during air pyelogram in a patient undergoing PCNL. The clinical
Geeta P Parikh +2 more
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Large hydrocalyx mimicking as renal cyst and treated by Thulium fiber laser infundibulotomy
We report a large hydrocalyx with multiple calculi resembling renal cyst with milk of calcium. A 15-year-old female presented with intermittent colicky right flank pain for 10 years with recent increase in pain severity and frequency.
Nitin Sharma +2 more
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Pyelograms of a Ruptured Kidney [PDF]
Tony Hammond
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ANURIA SECONDARY TO HOT WEATHER-INDUCED HYPERURICAEMIA: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT [PDF]
There is little information on the management of anuria secondary to severe volume depletion or as a rare manifestation of heat stroke in areas of the world with very hot summers.
Abdul-Halim, Hamdy +6 more
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THE VALUE OF THE POSTANGIOGRAPHIC PYELOGRAM [PDF]
The value of the postangiographic pyelogram is emphasized. Urinary abnormalities detected by this means are shown in accompanying roentgenograms and are tabularly compiled.
F A, Hipona, G S, Melnick
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Computer-Assisted versus Oral-and-Written History Taking for the Prevention and Management of Cardiovascular Disease: a Systematic Review of the Literature [PDF]
Background and objectives: CVD is an important global healthcare issue; it is the leading cause of global mortality, with an increasing incidence identified in both developed and developing countries. It is also an extremely costly disease for healthcare
Auerbach +45 more
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Ureterocele containing a stone in a duplex system
The formation of calcified stone in the ureterocele, a frequent event in adults, is very uncommon in a pediatric age. We present a case of a ureterocele containing a calcified stone in an 8-year-old girl.
Youssef Gharbi +4 more
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