Silent obstruction in a young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and literature review on kidney injury from ureteral endometriosis.

Introduction: Endometriosis is the most common pelvic gynaecologic disorder affecting pre-menopausal women. However ureteral endometriosis (UE) especially intrinsic urinary tract endometriosis is a rare finding that is notorious for causing silent renal insult. The pathogenesis of endometriosis still remains a mystery but studies have suggested an association between endometriosis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suggesting an immunological aspect to endometriosis.

Bilateral renal artery thrombosis in inherited thrombophilia: a rare cause of acute kidney injury.

We describe the case of a 47-year-old man who developed significant acute, and subsequently chronic, kidney injury due to bilateral renal infarction. This occurred in the context of a combined inherited thrombophilia including antithrombin III deficiency and a prothrombin gene mutation. Bilateral renal artery thrombosis developed despite prophylactic treatment for thromboembolism.

High prevalence of undiagnosed kidney disease in those presenting with troponin positive acute coronary syndrome.

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and knowledge of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in those presenting to a District General Hospital (DGH) in the United Kingdom with troponin positive acute coronary syndrome (ACS) as compared to a sample of the general population.

Methods: A retrospective observational study. Data were collected from ProForma completed during the 18-month period from 1 November 2007 to 30 April 2009.

Comparison of the therapeutic efficacy of epoetin beta and epoetin alfa in maintenance phase hemodialysis patients.

In May 2009 for financial reasons, the epoetin product used for hemoglobin (Hb) maintenance in our renal dialysis unit was changed from epoetin beta to epoetin alfa. Although widely believed that the dosage requirements are the same, we undertook a retrospective analysis to investigate whether the dosage requirements in chronic renal failure patients were comparable for both preparations. We studied 128 stable end-stage renal failure patients on hemodialysis (three times per week) receiving erythropoietin therapy to maintain their Hb at 11-12.

Endocapillary glomerulonephritis secondary to human parvovirus B19 presenting with nephrotic syndrome: a report of two cases and a review of the literature.

Human parvovirus B19 infection causes several clinical syndromes. Systemic complications due to this illness are rare. Parvovirus B19 associated renal disease is being increasingly recognized.

An unusual presentation of primary renal hypokalemia-hypomagnesemia (Gitelman's syndrome).

Gitelman's syndrome, or congenital hypokalemic hypomagnesemic hypocalciuria with metabolic alkalosis, is widely described as a benign or milder variant of Bartter's syndrome and most commonly presents with transient periods of weakness and fatigue, presyncope, vertigo, ataxia, and blurred vision, though aborted sudden cardiac death has also been rarely reported. Despite this there are limited data in the literature regarding the formal cardiac evaluation of patients with Gitelman's syndrome. We present the case of a gentleman with Gitelman's syndrome who initially presented to his primary physician with symptoms suggestive of an upper respiratory tract infection and subsequently survived a ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest in the community.