Objective: To report our experience of 11 children with pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) in a duplex kidney and to review previous reports.
Patients And Methods: From 1995 to 2005 the second author (G.H.H.S.) performed 145 pyeloplasties in single-system kidneys and in 11 children with PUJO in a duplex kidney. Upper and lower pole obstructions were found in both complete and incomplete duplicated systems. Investigations included renal ultrasonography, renal scintigraphy, micturating cystography, cystoscopy and retrograde pyelography. Ten patients had surgery (eight dismembered pyeloplasties, one upper-pole heminephrectomy, one pyelo-ureterostomy).
Results: Three children had obstruction of the upper moiety and eight had obstruction of the lower moiety. Upper and lower pole obstructions were found in both complete and incomplete duplicated systems.
Conclusion: Upper-pole obstruction in a duplex kidney is rare; the present series suggests that it is more common than previously reported.
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Department of Urology, The University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
We present a case of biopsy-proven epithelioid angiosarcoma in an arteriovenous fistula (AVF). Angiosarcomas developing in non-functioning AVF in renal transplant recipients are rare clinical entities with poor prognosis. A 59-year-old male adequately immunosuppressed kidney transplant patient presented with pain and swelling at the site of a previously asymptomatic fistula.
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Department of Endocrinology, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Aim: The present study aimed to assess the diagnostic efficacy of contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS) using SonoVue for evaluating duplex kidneys, and to compare it with fluoroscopic voiding cystourethrography (VCUG).
Material And Methods: Forty-six children with duplex kidneys confirmed by surgical intervention or cystoscopy were included in the study, resulting in a total of 46 duplex kidneys and 46 normal kidneys (138 pyeloureteral units).
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Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Introduction: To evaluate the feasibility, safety, and effectiveness of different pyeloplasty procedure approaches for pelvicureteric junction (PUJ) obstruction in kidney anomalies. The presence of difficult, unfamiliar and anomalous anatomy makes pyeloplasty challenging in these conditions.
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