A 56-year-old male had a 20-year-history of hemodialysis HD for chronic renal failure of an unidentified cause. He had a surgical history for destructive spondyloarthropathy DSA 53 years old and bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome CTS 55 years old . With chief complaints of abdominal pain and fever at 38 39 C, he was admitted to the hospital in May 2004. On admission, body temperature was 36.1 C a...

We report a case of a woman with secondary oxalosis after jejunoileal bypass surgery for obesity, who presented with oxalate stone disease and renal insufficiency requiring dialysis. Thirty years after surgery, longstanding osteoarticular symptoms were recognized as oxalate arthritis. Eventually, she also developed oxalate vasculitis, which improved with corticoid treatment and intensification ...

We report a case of a woman with secondary oxalosis after jejunoileal bypass surgery for obesity, who presented with oxalate stone disease and renal insufficiency requiring dialysis. Thirty years after surgery, longstanding osteoarticular symptoms were recognized as oxalate arthritis. Eventually, she also developed oxalate vasculitis, which improved with corticoid treatment and intensification ...

Crescentic glomerulonephritis is a rare complication of AA amyloidosis. There are no clinical case reports of this complicating AL amyloidosis. A 67-year-old man developed rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) on a background of primary AL amyloidosis and IgGkappa multiple myeloma. Investigations for causes of glomerulonephritis were negative, and a renal biopsy confirmed crescentic glo...

Cem Sungur, MD, PK (PO Box) 272, 06693 Kavaklidere, TR-Ankara (Turkey) with FMF were compared to 5 chronic hemodialysis patients with different renal disease. None of these patients had active inflammatory disease (e.g. active SLE) or infectious complications. All of the patients were dia-lyzed with cuprophane membranes and acetate-containing dialysate. The duration of renal replacement therapy...