Primary and secondary hyperoxaluria: Understanding the enigma

The enigma of primary and secondary encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis

BACKGROUND Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS) describes a variety of diseases that are frequently confused with different names and different etiopathogeneses. The aim of this article is to report personal experience of focusing on correct classification and the status of current diagnosis and treatment. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed. Age, sex, ethnic origin, past medic...

The Luteal Phase after GnRHa Trigger-Understanding An Enigma

Primary Hyperoxaluria

Primary hyperoxalurias are rare recessive inherited inborn errors of glyoxylate metabolism. They are responsible for progressive renal involvement, which further lead to systemic oxalate deposition, which can even occur in infants. Primary hyperoxaluria type 1 is the most common form in Europe and is due to alanine-glyoxylate aminostransferase deficiency, a hepatic peroxisomal pyridoxin-depende...

Primary hyperoxaluria

Primary and Secondary Tumors of the Sternum

Sternal tumors are very rare and challenging. Secondary sternal tumors are more common than primary tumors. These tumors are usually refractory to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and surgery is the best choice for their treatment. In this study, we reported the collected data of 15 patients with primary and secondary tumors of the sternum, histological type, as well as kind of resection and reco...