BACKGROUND The usefulness of stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy for cardiovascular (CV) risk stratification in chronic kidney disease remains controversial. We tested the hypothesis that different clinical risk profiles influence the test. METHODS We assessed the prognostic value of myocardial scintigraphy in 892 consecutive renal transplant candidates classified into four risk groups: ...

Background: Adrenal hematoma is a very rare acquired cause of neonatal hypertension. In this study, we report a case of neonatal hypertension associated with adrenal hematoma. A male neonate was immediately transferred to our neonatal intensive care unit after delivery due to meconium aspiration. He needed to be on mechanical ventilation support. During his hospital stay, hospital records showe...

A 7-year-old boy presented with distended abdomen without any other complaints. A plain abdominal radiograph demonstrated an extremely large soft tissue shadow that occupied right and part of the left hemiabdomen. Ultrasound revealed large hydronephrotic right kidney that occupied whole abdomial cavity without visualization of the left kidney. Dynamic scintigraphy confirmed extreme renal functi...

AIMS The current study aims to assess the role of ultrasound (US) parameters in explaining the variance of hydronephrosis grades in reno-urinary anomalies, as well as their performance in quantifying the incidence of patients with uropathies. METHODS In this study 196 patients were prospectively included. All of them had renal/urinary tract anomalies and were recruited from 5992 US examined h...

Objective: To determine the surgical possibilities of one-stage laparoscopic repair in obstructed ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) complicated with nephrolithiasis combination retrograde intrarenal surgery. Case report: The patient A., a 36-year-old male complaining about dragging pains right lumbar region was admitted to Urology Unit No. 1 Krasnodar Regional Clinical Hospital 2. underwent ultrasou...

OBJECTIVE Most of the radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine are excreted via the urinary system. This study evaluated the importance of a reduction in bladder radioactivity for radiation safety. METHODS The study group of 135 patients underwent several organ scintigraphies [40/135; thyroid scintigraphy (TS), 30/135; whole body bone scintigraphy (WBS), 35/135; myocardial perfusion scin...

Secondary amyloidosis is an occasional complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and in most cases renal amyloidosis presents with proteinuria, nephrotic syndrome and decreased renal function. We describe a 32-year-old male patient with AS manifested by frequent diarrhea, intermittent abdominal pain and low serum albumin levels. He has suffered from severe inflammatory back pain for 14 years ...