Extraintestinal manifestations and complications are common in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and can involve almost any organ or system. Renal or urinary complications occur in 4-23% of patients, often in those with severe long-standing disease (Tables 1, 2). The most common manifestations are kidney stones, enterovesical fistulas and ureteral obstruction. Fistulas between the ...

Congenital distal ureteric stricture is a rare but most important cause of hydro ureteronephrosis in infants presenting as obstructive megaureter. A 8 months old child suffering from recurrent episodes fever and poor growth had giant hydroureteronephrosis due to stricture. Often misdiagnosed primary megaureter or pelviureteric junction obstruction, congenital ureteral strictures valves are the ...

INTRODUCTION Endometriosis can be defined as the presence of endometrial glandular and stromal tissue outside the uterus. Affected sites of endometriosis can even be the urinary tract. Here, we present the case of a 30-year-old woman with right ureteral endometriosis. This case was important due to the unusual localization and no signs of the disease except for hydroureteronephrosis. CASE PRE...

Background: Protease inhibitors (PIs) are a well-documented cause of nephrolithiasis. Although medications such as indinavir are known to increase risk of stone formation, the association of newer HIV medications is not as well studied. In this study, we report a case of a patient who developed atazanavir stones. Case Presentation: A 74-year-old man with HIV on antiretroviral therapy-including ...

OBJECTIVES Ureteral obstruction results in an injury response that can progress to irreversible renal fibrosis and tubular atrophy by apoptosis. The molecular events leading to apoptosis from obstruction are not well understood. We investigated the effect of bioflavonoids and angiotensin II inhibition on apoptotic and inflammatory gene expression in a model of unilateral ureteral obstruction (U...

conclusions we can remove the ureteral stent earlier after kidney transplantation with no increase in the prevalence of surgical complications. patients and methods all patients who underwent kidney transplantation from may 2011 until march 2012 in modarres hospital were included in this study. we classified the patients into three groups, based on time of stent removal (10, 20, and 30 days aft...

.. Introduction: Cystoscopic intraluminal placement of ureteral stents has become a routine practice in urology. Ureteral stents preserve urine flow from the kidney to the bladder in cases of ureteral obstruction (intrinsic or extrincis). In patients with obvious ureteral obstruction, the placement of a ureteral stent will restart urine transport and protect the kidney from possible risks. Uret...

Ureteral obstruction may develop in immunocompromised patients with an Aspergillus fungal infection. Infections can progress to invasive aspergillosis, which is highly lethal. We report a case of a 56-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes. He had ureteral aspergilloma, discovered as a saprophytic whitish mass. It was treated by ureteroscopic removal, however, he refuse...