Recurrent Macroscopic Hematuria and Abdominal Pain: Questions and Answers

Multicystic nephroma in an elderly man. Case report.

Multicystic nephroma is a relatively rare tumor of the kidney presenting unclear histological origin. Abdominal mass is a common onset sign in children while abdominal flank pain or abdominal discomfort, hematuria and recurrent urinary tract infections usually affect adults. Preoperative diagnosis is impossible especially in the adult variant of the tumor where clear cells carcinoma with cystic...

Hypercalciuria in children with recurrent UTI

Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is common in children. Recurrent UTI causes serious complications such as renal scarring, proteinuria and hypertension. Recent studies have  reported  that hypercalciuria  may  be considered  a  risk  factor  for  recurrent  UTI. Materials and Methods: In this study 110 children 2months to 13years o...

Determination of Relative Frequency of Mast Cells and Eosinophils in Gastric Mucosa Biopsies in Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Normal Endoscopy

Abstract Background Numerous disorders can cause recurrent abdominal pain. Many of these cases underwent endoscopy and clinician encounters patients with history of recurrent abdominal pain and normal endoscopy. We evaluated these biopsies with regard to their eosinophils and mast cell densities to find out a potential relationship between recurrent abdominal pain with eosinophils and mast ce...

Wandering Spleen with Venous Aneurysm as the Cause of Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Thrombocytopenia

Red Flags of Organic Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children: Study on 100 Subjects

OBJECTIVE A variety of sign, symptoms and laboratory findings are more common in children with organic abdominal pains. This study was performed to evaluate the prevalence of organic and functional abdominal pains and relation of red flags to organic pains in 100 children with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). METHODS One hundred consecutive patients with RAP were enrolled in the study. A compl...