Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare and severe manifestation of chronic kidney inflammation that can be critical if not recognized treated appropriately, often requires surgical intervention along with antibiotics. Most commonly presented in the fifth or sixth decade life prior history nephrolithiasis, obstructive uropathy, recurrent urinary tract infections. Here, we discuss 45-...

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a rare and severe manifestation of chronic kidney inflammation that can be critical if not recognized treated appropriately, often requires surgical intervention along with antibiotics. Most commonly presented in the fifth or sixth decade life prior history nephrolithiasis, obstructive uropathy, recurrent urinary tract infections. Here, we discuss 45-...

  Introduction: Urinary obstructive disease is one of the most common disorders in urinary system. Dilatation which is detected by sonography, is a key finding in obstruction in most of the cases, also could be found following surgery, lithotripsy and vesico–urethral reflux. Radioistope diuretic washout renography is a useful method to differentiate mechanical and non...

Emphysematous pyelitis (EP) is a subclass of a life-threatening necrotizing infection of the urinary system called emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN). We report a case of an 81-year-old man with emphysematous pyelitis, which occurred after urinary tract instrumentation and resolved with conservative medical management. This case highlights the potential complications of urinary tract manipulati...

Neurourology is applicable to urinary incontinence and obstructive uropathy in the general population. In most neurogenic conditions, incontinence is related to a loss of coordination of the bladder with the urethral sphincter mechanism. This article discusses possible causes and risk factors for stress incontinence and gives several clinical examples of patients with incontinence of varying ca...

PURPOSE To report the results of bilateral same-session ureteroscopy in patients with bilateral pathologies in urinary system. MATERIALS AND METHODS From among nearly 3000 patients who had undergone diagnostic or therapeutic ureteroscopy in our center, 23 (13 females and 10 males) were treated with bilateral same-session ureteroscopy. Pathologies included bilateral ureteral stone in 19, hemat...