Giant insulinoma in a 15-year-old man: A case report.

Introduction: Giant insulinomas are extremely rare pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

Presentation Of Case: A 15-year-old man presenting with acute onset of lightheadedness was found to have serum glucose of 1.5mmol/L.

BIOPSY-PROVEN BK VIRUS NEPHROPATHY WITHOUT DETECTABLE BK VIREMIA IN A ONE-YEAR POST-KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT.

BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) is an important clinical problem in kidney transplant (KT) recipients. The sequence of disease is usually viruria, viremia and then nephropathy. Diagnosis of BK virus (BKV) infection includes checking BKV DNA in the urine, in the plasma and histology on renal biopsy.

Intensive plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of antibody-mediated rejection after kidney transplant.

Objectives: Acute antibody-mediated rejection is an important cause of acute and chronic kidney allograft dysfunction and graft loss. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate our experience using plasmapheresis and intravenous immunoglobulin in treating patients who had acute antibody-mediated rejection after kidney transplant.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of 13 patients who had biopsy proven antibody-mediated rejection was performed to determine the efficacy of plasmapheresis and intravenous immuno-globulin with or without bortezomib.

The usefulness of short-term in vitro cultivation for the detection and molecular study of Blastocystis hominis in stool specimens.

When in vitro cultivation was used as the 'gold standard' for the detection of Blastocystis hominis in stool specimens, simple smear and trichrome staining showed sensitivities of 16.7% and 40.2% and specificities of 94% and 80.