Renal involvement in lymphoma usually occurs late in the course of the disease and is clinically silent. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is rare, with the reported incidence of 0.5% in the literature. We describe here a 20 years old female patient who presented with non-dialysis requiring AKI and renal biopsy showed lymphomatous infiltration of kidneys. Though renal function improved, patient died du...

As the number of patients waiting for cadaver renal transplants continues to rise the arguments against paying for live donated organs bear re-examination. One ethical argument is that such payment would lead to exploitation of vulnerable people.' 2The sort of people who would sell organs are the poor, who have few other options available for gaining monev (such as employment), and so are at ri...

Renal angiomyolipoma (AML) is a benign tumor composed of fat cells, smooth muscle cells, and thick-wall blood vessels. Epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) is a variant of AML and is composed of purely epithelioid cell with melanogenesis markers. Neither adipocytes nor abnormal blood vessels are noted. Pathologically, tumor cells have nuclear atypia and eosinophilic cytoplasm. EAML has a malignant...

Background: The aim of this study was to use Japanese quail as an animal model to evaluate the effects of cadmium (Cd) on the ultrastructure and the activity of metallothionein (MT) in the liver and kidneys. Methods: One hundred male Japanese quails were randomly divided into two Cd and control groups in 2015. The first group received 100 ppm Cd for 60 days in their feed. The ultrastructural c...

introduction: clinical radiation nephropathy can result in considerable morbidity and/or mortality. renal tolerance (td5/5) has been stated to be 20 gy when irradiation has been delivered to both kidneys in 3-5 weeks. therefore to minimize renal toxicity in these patients, localization and shielding of the kidneys are essential. this study was carried out to evaluate the role of 99mtc-dtpa rena...

The number of kidney transplants performed per year is limited by the availability of donor organs. One novel solution to this shortage envisions "growing" new kidneys in situ via xenotransplantation of renal anlagen. We have shown that developing metanephroi transplanted into the omentum of animal hosts undergo differentiation and growth, become vascularized by blood vessels of host origin, an...

The interactions between the kidney and taurine are multifaceted. Taurine contributes to several biologic processes in the kidney, and the kidney influences specific aspects of taurine homeostasis [1]. The numerous molecular and cellular regulators of taurine handling by the kidney have been recently reviewed [2]. Thus, this chapter will examine several aspects of renal function in relation to ...

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is now a leading cause of end-stage renal disease. In addition, DN accounts for the increased mortality in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and then patients without DN achieve long-term survival compatible with general population. Hypoxia represents an early event in the development and progression of DN, and hypoxia-inducible factor- (HIF-) 1 mediates the metabolic respon...