The dilemma of diagnosing fever of unknown origin: large arteries vasculitis revealed by 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging. A case report.

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is an uncommon disease, and its underlying etiology may include a number causes, i.e., infections, malignancies, autoimmune conditions.

Epidemiological study of urinary tract stones in a northern Italian city.

An epidemiological study of stone disease in a Northern Italian city was carried out by means of a postal questionnaire mailed to 6000 individuals (2.5% of the entire population). It was found that the incidence of stone disease was comparable to that of industrialised Western Europe.

Acute effect of indapamide on urine calcium excretion in nephrolithiasis and human essential hypertension.

The effects of indapamide (2.5 mg once a day) on urinary composition are reported in 20 patients (10 with recurrent calcium nephrolithiasis and 10 with essential hypertension) compared with 20 controls. Indapamide was well absorbed in every patient (mean plasma level at the steady state was 111 +/- 41 ng/ml) and its antihypertensive action was more pronounced in hypertensive than in normotensive patients.