A chronic mortality in subadult Atlantic salmon Salmo salar reared in California was caused by systemic infections with a Dermocystidium-like species. Parasitic cells occurred primarily at the periphery of granulomas in the kidney, liver, spleen and testes. Actively replicating vegetative stages 2 to 7 pm in diameter were also found withln melanomacrophages of the kidney. These stages contained...

Study population The study population comprised adult patients with a solitary, radiopaque distal ureteral calculus below the bony pelvis, 15mm or less in diameter. Exclusion criteria were multiple ureteral calculi, solitary kidney, renal insufficiency, ipsilateral ureteral stricture, plan for simultaneous treatment of ipsilateral renal or contra lateral renal or ureteral calculi, active urinar...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is accepted as the standard management approach for kidney stones that are either refractory to extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or are >2 cm in diameter. The recently developed micro-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (microperc) technique provides intrarenal access under full vision using an optic instrument with a smaller calibration. A lesser amount of bleeding h...

BACKGROUND Damages to large arteries are related to bone disease in end-stage renal disease and contribute to cardiovascular mortality. An outward remodeling and stiffening of carotid artery already exist at an earlier stage of chronic kidney disease (CKD). We made the hypothesis that bone disease could be associated with the carotid outward remodeling in parallel with the decline of renal func...

OBJECTIVE To determine the applicability of urinary caspase 3 enzyme and TNF-α as biomarkers in children with ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO). METHODS In this study, 31 unilateral UPJO patients and 33 age- and sex-matched healthy childrens were enrolled. The patients with UPJO consisted of 11 female and 20 male children between the ages of 2 to 62 months old. All participants were e...

We present a 76-year-old patient with multiple renal angiomylipoma in one kidney. The patient had not been having any urinary tract symptoms, the lesions in kidney were visualized in US examination performed because of cholelithiasis suspicion. Angiomyolipoma is included to the benign tumors of hamartoma group and its growth is related to the hormonal activity of the organism. Multiple renal an...

1. All food was withdrawn from male weanling rats until a 40% loss of body-weight was attained. Another group of animals was treated similarly and then refed a stock diet until the original body-weight was attained. 2. The body-weight loss caused a significant reduction in the weight of the heart, kidney, liver and epididymal fat pads. Refeeding produced a return to the control weight of the he...

Angiomyolipomas are the most common mesenchymal renal neoplasms. Two types have been described: (i) sporadic angiomyolipoma and (ii) angiomyolipoma associated with tuberous sclerosis. Giant aneurysm formation is usually noted in angiomyolipomas associated with tuberous sclerosis and is rare in sporadic variety. Tumor diameter and aneurysm diameter have been used as predictors of rupture. We rep...

BACKGROUND Rapamycin has gained significant attention for its potential activity in reducing the size of TSC-associated tumors, thus providing alternative to surgery. This study aimed at determining the efficacy of rapamycin and rapalogs for reducing the size of TSC-associated solid tumors in patients with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC). METHODS Our data sources included electronic searches...

BACKGROUND Although nephron-sparing surgery has been reported not to affect total renal function, it is a non-negligible fact that functional damage of the operated kidney usually results, for various reasons. This study aimed to explore the effects of preoperative baseline characteristics, tumor characteristics, and function protection methods on postoperative renal damage. METHODS This stud...