BACKGROUND The development of asymptomatic gross or microscopic hematuria is relatively common in children. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical importance of hematuria in children and the necessity for such an evaluation using a defined diagnostic protocol. DESIGN The protocol included a personal and family history, physical examination and blood pressure determination, and a set of comprehe...

BACKGROUND Aspirin is the most widely used drug in medicine for cardiovascular and as recently for its role in cancer prevention. Although the risk of bleeding events increased following regular use of aspirin, little is known about the association of aspirin and hematuria. The present study aimed to evaluate the association of regular aspirin use and microscopic hematuria in elderly. METHODS...

INTRODUCTION In a patient with bladder urothelial cancer that is not suitable for or does not choose curative treatment, intractable hematuria is a disastrous condition. In this article, we tried to review the literature and extract a stepwise approach for palliative treatment of hematuria in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The MEDLINE was searched with the help of the Medical Subject H...

PURPOSE We determined the incidence of urinary tract cancer in patients with hematuria, stratified risk by age, gender and hematuria degree, and examined current best policy recommendations. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a large, retrospective population based cohort study of patients who underwent microscopic urinalysis during 2004 and 2005 in a large managed care organization. Patients...

Iliac vein-ureteral fistula is a rare cause of hematuria. The diagnosis of an iliac vein-ureteral fistula can be elusive even with the use of multiple methods. With regards to the treatment, there appears to be a shift in management from primarily open surgical to primarily angiographic management. We present a unique case of an external iliac vein - transplant ureteral fistula. A 48 year-old f...

An eight-year-old girl, presenting with palpebral edema, gross hematuria, and foam in urine, was admitted to our hospital. Investigations indicated increased serum antistreptolysin O (ASO) and anti-mycoplasma antibody titers. Renal biopsy showed crescentic poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (CPAGN) with isolated C3 deposition in the glomeruli. Electro-microscope examination showed subep...

Background & Objective: The prevalence of glomerular diseases, as the leading cause chronic kidney disease, is increasing. Renal biopsy still gold standard for diagnosis most disorders. Data on biopsy-proven diseases in Iran limited and none previously reported studies used electron microscopic (EM) evaluation diagnosis. This study was conducted to analyze a referral center Iran. Methods: repor...

Unlike other adverse drug reactions, visceral organ involvement is a prominent feature of reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome correlates mortality. The aim this study was to systematically review cases published in PubMed-indexed, peer-reviewed journals which patients had renal injury during the episode DRESS (DS). We found 71 cases, 67 were adults 56% males. Femal...

Pasteurella species are commensal bacteria of the respiratory airways and oronasal cavity of animals. In this study, we report an unusual case of Pasteurella dagmatis isolation from dog urine with uroliths. An 11-year-old female dog was admitted to the Veterinary Hospital of Ahvaz University complaining of abdominal pain, hematuria, dysuria and stranguria. In clinical and radiological examinati...