Duodenal Villous Atrophy in a TTG-Negative Patient Taking Olmesartan: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Tasha Kulai, Thomas Arnason, Donald MacIntosh, John Igoe

“…Here, a case of severe sprue-like enteropathy and acute kidney injury is described in a 68-year-old male taking olmesartan for 3-4 years. …”
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Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Two Immunosuppressed Non-HIV Infected Patients: A Clinical and Therapeutic Analysis by Li W, Hua M, Guo J, Jia W

“…We describe lymphocytopenia in two women who were recently treated with methotrexate, tacrolimus, and corticosteroids for immunosuppressive therapy following adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer and kidney transplantation. The initial examination included a high-resolution chest CT indicating atypical pneumonia, and treatment was initiated with trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole and oxygen support. …”
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A First Report of Synchronous Intracapsular and Extracapsular Hepatic Adenoma by Murat Derebey, Ilhan Karabicak, Savas Yuruker, Gokhan Lap, Bilge Can Meydan, Murat Danaci, Kagan Karabulut, Necati Ozen

“…Although the gallbladder is the most common site of ectopic liver, it has been reported in many other organs, such as kidney, adrenal glands, pancreas, omentum, stomach, esophagus, mediastinum, lungs, and heart. …”
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Mycophenolate Mofetil and Clostridium difficile-associated Colitis by A. I. Dolgushina, A. A. Selyanina, E. A. Mezenceva, A. G. Vasilenko, L. I. Pozdeeva, L. Yu. Zhuravleva, E. R. Olevskaya, E. A. Fedorova

“…A history of diabetic nephropathy and related-donor pre-dialysis kidney transplantation in 2012, since when MMF intake was 2000 mg daily. …”
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Heterogeneity of Genetic Landscapes in Salivary Gland Tumors and Their Critical Roles in Current Management by Anam YOUSAF, Sarina SULONG, Baharudin ABDULLAH, Norhafiza Mat LAZIM

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Potential renoprotective effects and possible underlying mechanisms of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors in cardiorenal syndrome by Md. Moshiur Rahman, Md. Moshiur Rahman, Asadur Rahman, Akira Nishiyama

“…Here, we gathered evidence on the impact of sacubitril/valsartan on the preservation of kidney function in patients with cardiorenal syndrome (CRS). …”
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Numb Chin Syndrome as First Symptom of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Mario Carbone, Francesco Della Ferrera, Lucio Carbone, Gaia Gatti, Marco Carrozzo

“…Many malignant and metastatic neoplasms are causing this syndrome, like primary osteosarcoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and mandibular metastasis of primary carcinoma of breast, lung, thyroid, kidney, prostate, and nasopharynx. Haematological malignancies like acute lymphocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and myeloma can cause this neuropathy. …”
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Urinary metabolic profile and its predictive indexes after MSG consumption in rat. by Manatsaphon Sukmak, Thin Su Kyaw, Kanokwan Nahok, Amod Sharma, Atit Silsirivanit, Worachart Lert-Itthiporn, Deanpen Japrung, Somchai Pinlaor, Sirirat Anutrakulchai, Carlo Selmi, Carolyn M Slupsky, Bruce D Hammock, Ubon Cha'on

“…Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a widely used food additive with conflicting evidence regarding its potential effects on human health, with proposed relevance for obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) or chronic kidney disease. As being able to accurately quantify the MSG dietary intake would help clarify the open issues, we constructed a predictive formula to estimate the daily intake of MSG in a rat model based on the urinary metabolic profile. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma with Isolated Renal Involvement by Sultan Aydın Köker, Alper Koker, Adem Yasin Köksoy, Yasemin Kayadibi, Ülkü Gül Şiraz, Emine Tekin

“…Bilateral diffuse enlarged kidneys with increased hypoechogenicity were found on abdominal ultrasonography. …”
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Acute and Fatal Isoniazid-Induced Hepatotoxicity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Wissam K. Kabbara, Aline T. Sarkis, Paola G. Saroufim

“…After discharge, the patient was readmitted and suffered from severe coagulopathy, metabolic acidosis, acute kidney injury, hepatic encephalopathy, and cardiorespiratory arrest necessitating two rounds of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. …”
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Solitary Adrenal Metastasis from Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by D. Dellaportas, P. Lykoudis, G. Gkiokas, G. Polymeneas, A. Kondi-Pafiti, D. Voros

“…Adrenal metastases mostly occur in patients with lung, kidney, breast, and gastrointestinal carcinomas. Primary esophageal adenocarcinoma gives adrenal metastatic deposits according to autopsy series with an incidence of about 3%–12%. …”
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Primary Pleomorphic Undifferentiated Sarcoma—a Rare Renal Localization: A Case Report by Soufiane Mellas, Ahmed Amine Bouchikhi, Mohamed-Fadl Tazi, Abdelhak Khallouk, Jallal-Eddin Elammari, Mohamed-Jamal El Fassi, Naoufal Mellas, Moulay Hassan Farih

“…After draining by ureteral double J catheter, a nephroureterectomy was performed for nonfunctional kidney confirmed by scintigraphy. The histopathological study shows a pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma. …”
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Is Thymoglobulin or Rituximab the Cause of This Serum Sickness? A Case Report of Serum Sickness Dilemma and Literature Review by Amarpreet Sandhu, Antonia Harford, Pooja Singh, Eduardo Alas

“…Since Rituximab is now being used as an adjuvant treatment for acute humoral rejection and its prevalence to cause serum sickness is comparable to Thymoglobulin-associated serum sickness (20% versus 27%), it should be considered a potential cause of serum sickness after rejection treatment. In kidney transplant patients, there are no case reports where patient received both Thymoglobulin and Rituximab before developing serum sickness. …”
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A New Preprocessing Method for Diabetes and Biomedical Data Classification by Sarbast CHALO, İbrahim Berkan AYDİLEK

“…It is possible for it to be the root cause of a wide variety of diseases, the most notable of which include blindness, renal illness, kidney disease, and heart disease. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that a system is devised that, based on medical information, is capable of reliably detecting patients who have diabetes. …”
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Ureteral Diaphragmatic Hernia Treated with Ureteral Stenting: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Tateki Yoshino, Ayako Itakura, Shinnosuke Fujikawa, Tomoyuki Sugitani, Kazuo Kawakami, Emi Ishibashi, Koji Kodama, Shota Oshima

“…While the etiology of ureteral diaphragmatic hernia is unknown, our present case and previous reports suggest that a ureteral diaphragmatic hernia may occur due to hepatic atrophy and/or an elevated position of the right kidney.…”
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Prevalence and control of hypertension in COVID-19 positive cases by Mohamed O. Elamin, Sufian Khalid, Amjed A. Ali, Sara O. Elamin, Wahaj A. Khan, Hatim M. Badri, Hatim A. Natto, Abdulrahman A. Almehmadi, Abdullah Alhazmi, Ahmed Alkathiri, Mohamed Alharbi

“…Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 experience several complications including hypertension or elevated blood pressure which is a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, and kidney diseases. Objectives: To assess the prevalence and control of hypertension in COVID-19 patients. …”
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Indoxyl Sulfate-Induced Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and Impaired Biogenesis Are Partly Protected by Vitamin C and N-Acetylcysteine by Wen-Chin Lee, Lung-Chih Li, Jin-Bor Chen, Hsueh-Wei Chang

“…Indoxyl sulfate (IS) contributes to oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in chronic kidney disease patients. However, the role of mitochondria in IS-induced oxidative stress is not very clear. …”
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Radiologically Guided Renal Artery Embolization with an Amplatzer Vascular Plug as a Rescue Therapy for Refractory Nephrotic Syndrome in AL-Amyloidosis by I. Spozio Züst, H. R. Räz, F. Burkhalter

“…To our knowledge, this is the first reported usage of such a vascular occluder in the setting of refractory nephrotic syndrome with normal kidney function at the time of first presentation.…”
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C-SHAP: A Hybrid Method for Fast and Efficient Interpretability by Golshid Ranjbaran, Diego Reforgiato Recupero, Chanchal K. Roy, Kevin A. Schneider

“…Notably, in the Diabetes dataset collected by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, C-SHAP reduces the execution time from nearly 2000 s to just 0.21 s, underscoring its potential for scalable, efficient interpretability in time-sensitive applications. …”
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Performance Analysis of Diabetes Detection Using Machine Learning Classifiers by Hung Huynh, Liu Hui, Ngoc Han Nguyen, Ruixuan Qiao

“…This study purports to fill that gap by looking at various machine learning (ML) algorithms and applying them on the PIMA Indians Diabetes Dataset provided by the National Health Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases with the aim of improving the validity of diabetes prediction and diagnosis. …”
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