Mucormycosis-induced hypercalcemia: a case report.

Hypercalcemia is a vital laboratory marker because it can show underlying severe diseases like cancer and infections. Of all the causes of hypercalcemia, primary hyperparathyroidism, and malignancies are the most common, but granulomatous diseases, such as certain fungal infections, can also be the cause. Here we describe the case of a 29-year-old woman, an insulin-dependent diabetic, found unconscious and tachypneic at home.

Translumbar hemodialysis long-term catheters: an alternative for vascular access failure.

Introduction: Vascular access (VA) in hemodialysis (HD) is essential to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients survival. Unfortunately, after some years in HD program, a significant number of patients may develop VA failure for many reasons. In this situation, arterial venous fistula (AVF) confection or catheters placement in traditional vascular sites (jugular, femoral or subclavian) are not feasible.

Renal autotransplantation to treat renal artery aneurysm: case report.

Context: Renal artery aneurysm (RAA) is uncommon and usually asymptomatic, but complications like rupture or thromboembolism of the aneurysm can occur, with consequent renal infarction. Most of the clinical findings are found incidentally through imaging examinations, in investigating other diseases. Renal autotransplantation (RAT) is an alternative treatment for complex RAA, with satisfactory results described in the literature.

Pharmacotherapy of chronic kidney disease and mineral bone disorder.

Introduction: Disturbances of the bone and mineral metabolism are a common complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD); these disturbances are known as CKD-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD). A better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of CKD-MBD, along with its negative impact on other organs and systems, as well as on survival, has led to a shift in the treatment paradigm of this disorder. The use of phosphate binders changed dramatically over the last decade when noncalcium-containing phosphate binders, such as sevelamer and lanthanum carbonate, became possible alternative treatments to avoid calcium overload.

Over 500 pancreas transplants by a single team in São Paulo, Brazil.

Pancreas transplantation (PT) remains a developing practice in Latin America. From 1996 to 2009, 506 PTs were performed by our team in the following categories: simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK), simultaneous deceased donor pancreas and living-donor kidney (SPLK), pancreas after kidney (PAK), and pancreas transplant alone (PTA). Enteric drainage was preferred for SPK and bladder drainage for solitary PT or SPLK.

Urothelial carcinoma transmission via kidney transplantation.

Transmission of urothelial carcinoma via solid organ transplant has never been reported in the literature to our knowledge. We report a case of transmission of this tumour to a kidney recipient. The donor was a 37-year-old woman, victim of a subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Electrolyte disturbances and acute kidney injury induced by imatinib therapy.

Imatinib mesylate is an anticancer agent that selectively inhibits protein kinases involved in the pathophysiology of cancer. It is now the first-line therapy for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and is generally well tolerated. Here, we describe a case of a patient receiving imatinib for CML.