The authors report a case of bilateral retro-iliac ureter with renal failure. The transvascular segments of the ureters were eliminated, and the two ureters were reanastomosed in front of the iliac vessels.
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Cureus
August 2024
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an inflammatory clinical entity with many extraintestinal symptoms, including urinary tract manifestations. However, the bilateral ureteral obstruction is extremely rare. We report a case of bilateral ureteral obstruction in a 12-year-old male patient with ulcerative colitis (UC).
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April 2024
Department of Urology, Concord Hospital - Laconia, Laconia, USA.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent finding in acutely ill and hospitalized patients arising from various etiologies. Anuric AKI, a more pronounced form of AKI in which less than 100 cc of urine is produced per day, is most frequently encountered in hospitalized, septic, and post-surgical patients, often secondary to shock or bilateral urinary tract obstruction. The development of anuric AKI in previously healthy patients after outpatient urological procedures presents a unique challenge to physicians, as many outpatient procedures require the routine perioperative administration of multiple nephrotoxic medications.
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March 2024
Clinic of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital "St. Marina", Varna, BGR.
Cushing's syndrome is a rare disease that has a different primary etiology, most often due to chronic hypercortisolism. In addition to the defined causes, in contrast to the general population, the observed etiology in pregnant women is a benign adrenocortical adenoma, less often bilateral hyperplasia of the adrenal glands of hypothalamic-pituitary origin or Cushing's disease, and malignant adrenal root adenoma. In this study, we present the case of a 41-year-old pregnant woman experiencing her first pregnancy.
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April 2024
Department for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Berne.
This case report describes the long-term success of a subcutaneous ureteral bypass device in a dog for treatment of a ureteral obstruction. The suspected xanthine urolithiasis was secondary to treatment with allopurinol for leishmaniasis. The dog presented initially with lethargy, anuria and abdominal pain.
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January 2024
Internal Medicine, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Lisbon, PRT.
A renal infarction occurs when kidney's arterial blood supply is compromised, causing parenchymal necrosis and loss of function. It is a relatively uncommon complication and its treatment is time-dependent. We present a case where a female patient with a history of bilateral aortic-iliac stenting over 10 years before presented with chest pain, palpitations, and dyspnea associated with hypertension.
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