Prevalence of acute kidney injury following percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

Background: The objective is to evaluate the prevalence of acute kidney injury (AKI) as an early complication of the percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) procedure.

Materials And Methods: From May 2022 to October 2022, we conducted a retrospective study on patients undergoing PCNL procedures in two of the tertiary medical centers affiliated with Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Patients' baseline characteristics, laboratory values, perioperative data, and stone features were documented.

Lipid accumulation product and visceral adiposity index for incidence of cardiovascular diseases and mortality; results from 13 years follow-up in Isfahan cohort study.

Background: /Aims: Visceral adiposity index (VAI) and lipid accumulation product (LAP) are novel anthropometric indices that have shown an association with metabolic syndrome; however, limited data are available regarding the predictive performance of these indices for the incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and mortality.

Methods: This study was performed on the data retrieved from Isfahan Cohort Study (ICS). ICS is an ongoing population-based cohort study conducted in 3 counties in central Iran.

Epstein-Barr virus infection leading to multiorgan involvement in an immunocompetent man.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a commonly asymptomatic widespread human herpes virus affecting over 90% of the population. It mostly originates complications like simple sore throat and infectious mononucleosis but severe manifestations are rare. Herein we report a 30-year-old immunocompetent man who presented with fever, sore throat, general weakness, and drowsiness.

Plexiform neurofibromatosis of the bladder leading to cystectomy: A rare complication of von Recklinghausen disease.

We report a 20-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 1 presenting with frequent episodes of suprapubic pain. The episodes started 6 months ago, occurred 1 h a day, and were not related to urination. A prostate-sparing cystectomy with orthotopic diversion was performed.

A case of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis leading to nephrobronchial fistula and lung abscess: does it always manifest with respiratory symptoms?

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a serious manifestation of chronic kidney inflammation that can expand to adjacent structures. Here we report a case of XGP extending beyond the diaphragm through a nephrobronchial fistula to form a lung abscess in a 70-year-old man. The patient presented to the emergency department with severe right flank colic pain, nausea, vomiting and nonspecific constitutional symptoms for the past 4 months.