Ectopic peritransplant varicosis represents an uncommon cause of late-onset gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation (SPK). We report on a 53-year-old female patient who suffered from recurrent upper GI seven years SPK with persistent graft function. Upper endoscopy revealed perianastomotic angiodysplasias, treated by clipping Argon-Plasma-Coagulatio...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the results of flexible ureterorenoscopy (F-URS) with holmium laser in the treatment of kidney stones with ectopic and fusion anomalies (horseshoe kidney and rotation anomalies). METHOD We reviewed data from 13 patients with fusion and ectopic renal anomalies that underwent F-URS from April 2011 to April 2017. We analyzed demographic and clinical data (age, gender, BMI, a...

Ectopic bone formation is a unique biologic entity--distinct from other areas of skeletal biology. Animal research models of ectopic bone formation most often employ rodent models and have unique advantages over orthotopic (bone) environments, including a relative lack of bone cytokine stimulation and cell-to-cell interaction with endogenous (host) bone-forming cells. This allows for relatively...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Ectopic pelvic kidneys with renal stones are challenging to treat. We report our experience in managing a case of ectopic pelvic kidney with a pelvic stone by robotic pyelolithotomy after failure of flexible ureteroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 46-year old male with 2 months history of vague lower abdominal pain was found to have on Computed Tomography scan a left...

A duplicated collecting system is a common congenital anomaly of the urinary tract. However, late symptomatic presentation in adulthood uncommon. We report first case left heminephrectomy, ureterectomy and radical prostatectomy using da Vinci SP (single port) surgical 64-year-old patient with localized prostate cancer ectopic ureteral insertion into prostatic urethra. The procedure was complete...

Six2cre-mediated deletion of Frs2α (Six2creFrs2αKO), a major fibroblast growth factor receptor (Fgfr) docking protein in mouse nephron progenitors results in perinatal renal hypoplasia; however, postnatal Six2creFrs2αKO kidneys develop cysts. We sought to determine the pathogenesis of Six2creFrs2αKO cyst formation. We performed histological assays, Western blots, and quantitative PCR (qPCR). Wh...

Received October 2006 Accepted May 2007 INTRODUCTION Ureteral anomalies, ectopic ureter being one of them, are of the most important urogenital abnormalities because they directly affect kidney function.(1) Several techniques have been used for treatment of ectopic ureter. The goal of obstruction relief can be achieved by either ureteropyelostomy or common sheath ureteral reimplantation for a d...

BACKGROUND Hypoglycemia secondary to ectopic insulin secretion of non-pancreatic tumors is rare. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a middle aged woman with recurrent hypoglycemia. On evaluation, she was detected to have hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia and right sided renal mass lesion. 68Ga-Dotanoc and 99mTc-HYNICTOC scans confirmed the intrarenal mass to be of neuroendocrine origin. Right nephrect...

Although the gallbladder is the most common site of ectopic liver, it has been reported in many other organs, such as kidney, adrenal glands, pancreas, omentum, stomach, esophagus, mediastinum, lungs, and heart. Hepatocytes in an ectopic liver behave like normal hepatocytes; furthermore, they can be associated with the same pathological findings as those in the main liver. Ectopic liver in the ...

Renal ectopia is an uncommon developmental defect of upper urinary tract. Except for hydronephrosis and urinary calculus formation, it is believed that ectopic kidneys are not more susceptible to diseases compared to the normally positioned kidneys. Primary renal carcinoma in ectopic kidneys is rarely observed. Our literature review identified eight cases in nontransplanted patients; seven were...