Shutdown of Apparently Normal Contralateral Kidney [Summary]

The management of a clinical t1b renal tumor in the presence of a normal contralateral kidney.

NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY When a patient is seated in front of you with a 6 cm contrast enhancing renal mass and a normal contralateral kidney and asks, “Doc, what should I do? Should I get the whole kidney taken out or just the tumor?” most urologists have a preferred answer. In fact, when presented with identical patient scenarios, including computerized tomography images and a 3-dimensional re...

EFFECT OF IODINE DEFICIENCY ON I.Q.LEVELS OF APPARENTLY NORMAL INHABITANTS OF AN ENDEMIC GOITER AREA

Diastolic murmurs in apparently normal children.

Diastolic murmurs have always been considered abnormal, but this report presents nine apparently normal children with high-frequency, early, diamond-shaped diastolic murmurs confirmed by intracavitary phonocardiography to arise within the left ventricle. Each child (aged 5 to 15 years) was referred for evaluation of a systolic murmur at the lower left sternal border, but an additional finding a...

Doppler ultrasound and the apparently normal heart.

Diastolic Murmurs in Apparently Normal Children

Diastolic murmurs have always been considered abnormal, but this report presents nine apparently normal children with high-frequency, early, diamond-shaped diastolic murmurs confirmed by intracavitary phonocardiography to arise within the left ventricle. Each child (aged 5 to 15 years) was referred for evaluation of a systolic murmur at the lower left sternal border, but an additional finding a...