Rosai-Dorfman disease in a symptomatic elderly man.

An 81-year-old man presented with anemia, fatigue, weight loss, and recurrent urinary tract infections and was found to have diffuse large adenopathy and infiltrating renal masses. Surgical excision of a lymph node and histologic evaluation led to the diagnosis of Rosai-Dorfman disease, a rare histioproliferative condition that classically presents with enlarged cervical lymph nodes bilaterally. It also can involve additional nodal chains and/or have extranodal manifestations.

Correlation of percentage changes in platelet counts with recurrence rate following radical nephrectomy.

Objectives: To categorize and correlate percentage changes in platelets counts - an objective approach with recurrence rate following radical nephrectomy.

Materials And Methods: All consecutive patients who had radical nephrectomy for localized renal tumor in the period from January 1997 to December 2005 have been included in this study. The data was collected retrospectively.

Synchronous resections of intra-abdominal pathologies during radical nephrectomy. A case-linked cohort study evaluation of outcomes.

Objectives: We report the outcomes of radical nephrectomy with synchronous surgical resection of intra-abdominal pathologies to guide practice.

Patients And Methods: The data of patients requiring radical nephrectomy and surgical resection of a synchronous intra-abdominal pathology over a period of 12 years was extracted on pre-designed data extraction sheets from the case notes and included: age, sex, nature of second intra-abdominal pathology, intra-operative and postoperative details including complications, recurrence rate and survival on follow-up.

Results: Two hundred and ninety patients underwent radical nephrectomy for non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma between January 1995 and January 2007.