Obstructive uropathy as the only manifestation of flare in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and anti-phospholipid syndrome.

Chronic interstitial cystitis and ureteral stenosis has occasionally been reported in systemic lupus erythematosus, mostly associated with gastrointestinal symptoms. We report a case of obstructive uropathy associated to chronic interstitial cystitis as the only manifestation of lupus flare in a patient with SLE and anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) who had been in remission for many years. The development of chronic interstitial cystitis in patients with SLE and APS has not been previously reported.

[Granulosa cell tumors: structural and ultrastructural analysis].

Unlabelled: These ovarian neoplasm derive from the ovarian stromal component constituting around the 5 to 12% of all ovarian tumors.

Objective: To examine the histopathological and ultrastructural morphologic characteristic of the neoplastic cells and the patognomonic element of these tumors: Call Exner's Bodies

Materials And Methods: The materials corresponded to 2 women of 52 and 55 years. The syntomatology was abdominal tumor that went in increase.

Mesangial nephropathy in Sjögren's syndrome.

We describe a 36-year-old woman with Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (PSS). Purpura, corneal perforation, metabolic acidosis, decreased glomerular filtration, hypokalemia, hyposthenuria, and polyuria were present. Chronic renal insufficiency and renal tubular acidosis type I were diagnosed.

[Caroli's disease: congenital cystic and segmentary dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts].

Congenital cystic segmentary dilatation of the intrahepatic biliary ducts is a rare disease. Although several cases has been described in medical literature, its occurrence such as it was originally referred is exceptional. Some cases coexist with congenital hepatic fibrosis and portal hypertension.