Primary leiomyosarcoma of the middle ureter: A rare case report with literature review.

Leiomyosarcoma is a rarely seen neoplasm of the ureter. Malignant tumors of smooth muscle of the ureter are extremely rare, and about 22 cases of leiomyosarcoma of ureter have been reported to date. A 57-year-old diabetic Pakistani man presented with a dull ache pain in the right flank.

Hypertension in UAE Citizens - Preliminary Results of a Prospective Study.

This report from the National Epidemiological Study of Hypertension in the United Arab Emirates (NESH-UAE) represents the preliminary results of phase I, comprising the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among UAE citizens (adults aged 18-75 years). The data reported in this study represent only the region of the Sharjah district, UAE. There were 3150 individuals enrolled for the study.

Is peritonitis a limiting factor in the widespread use of CAPD in the developing countries?

Although continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is now an established form of treatment for patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF), it is not being used on a large scale in developing countries (DC). One of the limiting factors in this regard is peritonitis which is the most common complication of CAPD. Data on 70 patients on CAPD in our center were analyzed to study the impact of peritonitis on long-term outcome of this treatment.

The impact of catheter design on preventing CAPD complications.

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis has become a practical and safe mode of therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease. The creation of a durable, safe and efficient peritoneal access has been made possible through refinements in catheter design. The Tenckhoff catheter and its modifications has remained the most popular peritoneal access devise over the last 25 years.

Hepatitis C virus infection among dialysis patients in United arab emirates.

To evaluate the incidence of positivity of anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) antibodies in the hemodialysis (HD) patients, and the impact of isolation of the anti-HCV positive patients, we studied 262 HD patients in our unit between January 1991 and December 1993. There were 64 patients with anti-HCV positivity. Forty nine of them were males, and 15 were females, with mean ages of 41.

[Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). 3 years' therapeutic experience in 100 patients].

The pros and cons of CAPD are weighed up on the basis of a 3-year study on 100 patients with renal insufficiency (61 men, 36 women and 3 children). If equal groups are compared, the survival rate corresponds to that of haemodialysis. Continuous detoxication and dehydration lead to a good uraemic metabolic situation (creatinine 960 mumol/l, urea 24 mmol/l, haemoglobin 98 g/l, albumin 31 g/l.

Visual function can be preserved in insulin-dependent diabetic patients treated by maintenance haemodialysis.

Evolution of visual function was assessed in 43 insulin-dependent diabetic (IDD) patients treated by maintenance haemodialysis (MH) for a cumulative duration of 1248 patient-months. At start of MH, 23 patients (46 eyes) still had good vision, 20 patients (40 eyes) were blind. All 40 blind eyes had severe proliferative retinopathy (PR) with additional irreversible complications in 32.