Renal biopsy is commonly done in patients with increased bleeding risks due to chronic renal disease or multiple myeloma, (MM). Multiple myeloma causes renal impairment by amyloid deposition and immunoglobulin deposition, and it also can be the effect of the MM therapies. Renal biopsy is required to differentiate between these processes. Biopsy procedures are associated with increased risk of b...

Desmopressin acetate (DDAVP), a selective agonist of type 2 vasopressin receptors, is sometimes used prior to percutaneous renal biopsy to reduce the risk of bleeding complications. DDAVP increases free water reabsorption in renal collecting ducts, potentially leading to water intoxication or dilutional hyponatraemia. We present two cases, where DDAVP was used prior to percutaneous renal transp...

Tumor seeding following biopsy of renal cell carcinoma is extremely rare with an incidence of 1:10.000. In this paper two cases with multiple recurrent RRC metastasis in the biopsy tract following biopsy of renal tumor is presented and the current literature is shortly discussed.

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) metastasis to duodenum is very rare and only a few case reports are available in the literature. We here reported a patient with solitary duodenal metastasis presented with melena six years after right nephrectomy. The patient underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showing ulcerative mass at the second portion of duodenum and biopsy of this mass was consistent wit...

OBJECTIVE We present our experience in a series of 17 consecutive pediatric patients submitted to retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal biopsy. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retroperitoneal laparoscopic renal biopsy (LRB) was performed in 5 boys and 12 girls. Mean age was 8.1 years and age range from 2 to 12. Two or three trocars were used to expose the inferior pole of the kidney, remove enough cortica...

Introduction Percutaneous renal biopsy in adults is usually performed by the method described by Kark & Muehrcke (1954) using the Franklin modification of the Vim-Silverman needle. The method was adapted for use in children by Galan & Maso (1957) and Vernier, Brunson & Good (1957) and further modified by White (1963) who used a light aluminium needle with a depth stop and adjustable cutting poi...

OBJECTIVE To perform a clinicopathological study of patients having renal biopsies after liver transplantation. DESIGN Case series. SETTING; Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS All post-liver transplantation patients who had a renal biopsy in the period from January 2000 to December 2010. RESULTS Eleven renal biopsies were retrieved for review from 10 patients with liver transplantat...

Background: To determine the clinicopathological correlations of biopsy proven renal disease (BPRD). Methods: In this descriptive study all the consecutive percutaneous renal biopsies (RB) were included in the study. The indications for RB were classified into the five clinical categories, i,e, nephrotic syndrome (NS), non-nephrotic proteinuria (NNP), proteinuria-hematuria (PH), renal failure (...