Publications by authors named "Gregory Szlyk"

Article Synopsis
  • * A case of a 37-year-old woman with right lower quadrant pain revealed a tumor on her left kidney, which was identified as a low-grade metanephric adenoma after biopsy.
  • * The patient had a successful left partial nephrectomy, necessitating no further treatment, highlighting the importance of immunohistological techniques to distinguish MA from other similar renal tumors like Wilm's tumor.
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are rare in the genitourinary organs, with few reports of occurrence in the kidney. We describe a patient with a renal malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, discovered after excision of a malignant peripheral nerve sheath scalp lesion, with additional masses in the lung and shoulder on metastatic evaluation. This patient underwent neoadjuvant intravenous doxorubicin therapy, followed by surgical resection of the scalp, lung and shoulder lesions in addition to a radical nephrectomy.

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Purpose: Breakthrough urinary tract infections (UTI) are considered an indication for surgical intervention in children with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) with the goal of preventing new or progressive renal scarring. We assessed the incidence of new renal parenchymal inflammatory changes following breakthrough UTI in patients on antibiotic prophylaxis for VUR.

Materials And Methods: We prospectively analyzed 38 patients (62 refluxing renal units) with VUR.

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