Publications by authors named "Peranzoni Francesca"
After horseshoe kidney, crossed renal ectopia (CRE) is the most common fusion anomaly of the kidney, with an incidence of 1:7000 autopsies. Most frequently the left kidney is the crossed ectopic component. In this article we present the first case of retroperitoneoscopic resection of a CRE and left ectopic multicystic dysplastic kidney with severely dilated ureter.
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- True hermaphroditism is a rare disorder characterized by the coexistence of both testicular and ovarian tissues in an individual, making up less than 5% of all disorders of sex development.
- The case study highlights a patient with two genetic mutations linked to true hermaphroditism, who also shows symptoms of Kallmann syndrome, which includes hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia due to hormone deficiency.
- This case is significant as it documents the first known instance of a 46 XX true hermaphrodite with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and digenic inheritance related to Kallmann syndrome.
Influenza is a viral infection presenting with general symptoms such as fever, headache, fatigue, and involvement of airways or the gastrointestinal tract. The nervous system may be involved, but less frequently. These neurological complications remain challenging to diagnose; moreover, no guidelines for management and treatment exist.
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