Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the vaginal wall in a hemodialysis patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.

A 66 year old woman with end-stage renal disease and liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus infection was introduced to hemodialysis therapy in 2003. In 2007, hepatocellular carcinoma was identified and the patient underwent radio frequency ablation (RFA) and ethanol injection therapy (EIT) under laparotomy. A large vaginal tumor was incidentally found at gynecological examination.

Ischemic ocular motor nerve palsy in three patients with end-stage renal disease.

Three patients on long-term hemodialysis therapy presented with sudden-onset isolated abducent nerve palsy. Two patients had ipsilateral eye pain. Computed tomographic scan or magnetic resonance imaging of the head did not reveal intracranial lesions responsible for the palsy.

Intussusception of the appendix that reduced spontaneously during follow-up in a patient on hemodialysis therapy.

A 63-year-old man on long-term hemodialysis therapy was hospitalized due to right lower abdominal pain. CT scan demonstrated a multiple concentric structure in the ileocecal region. Colonoscopy showed a polyp-like tumor arising from the expected location of the appendix, with a dimple at the top.

Early diabetes as a model for testing the regulation of juxtaglomerular NOS I.

Dysregulation of kidney nitric oxide synthase (NOS) I may alter renal hemodynamics in diabetes. Four types of studies were performed in anesthetized 1- to 2-wk-streptozotocin diabetic rats. 1) Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) was measured before and during NOS I blockade.