Kidney disease presenting with cutaneous fistula is a rare condition. We present a case of a 90-year-old woman with dementia who had no prior urological problems and had a cutaneous fistula in the left lumbar region. A fistulogram and computer tomography examination revealed a large staghorn calculus with signs of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in the left kidney and renal fistulisation to ...

Changes of insulin binding characteristics (number of receptors, Kd) were studied in the semimembranosus proprius (SMP) and psoas major (PM) muscle from birth to adult stage. The Kd was about 0.15 10(-9) M in both muscles and did not change with age. The numbers of receptors were similar in both muscles at birth and changed differently thereafter to reach 1.3 fmoles per mg of muscle in the PM a...

The present study examined potential mechanisms for the inhibition of protein synthesis in skeletal muscle after chronic alcohol consumption. Rats were maintained on an alcohol-containing diet for 14 wk; control animals were pair fed. Alcohol-induced myopathy was confirmed by a reduction in lean body mass as well as a decrease in the weight of the gastrocnemius and psoas muscles normalized for ...

The aim of our study was to explore the age related changes of the fibre type composition of the human psoas major muscle. Moreover, we wanted to compare the fibre type composition of the left and right muscle. Muscle samples were collected from 15 young and 15 old males. Type I, IIA and IIX muscle fibres were typed using myosin heavy chain identification. The serial transverse sections were an...

We present a case of an acute psoas muscle hematoma following percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy. A 60-year-old female who presented with far lateral lumbar disc herniation underwent endoscopic discectomy on the right side at the L4-5 level. On the second postoperative day, the patient complained of severe right flank and leg pain and her blood pressure decreased. A computed tomography s...

Background: Preventing lower limb injuries in Australian Football League (AFL) is a primary focus of medical teams across the competition. Smaller cross-sectional area (CSA) multifidus muscle has been identified as an injury risk factor AFL athletes. Understanding why this largely theoretical. It shown that increased volume and lumbar erector spinae muscles related to curvature spine. Identific...