Delayed Nephron Sparing Surgery for Grade IV Renal Injury by Parth K. Shah, Ryan W. Frieben, Rowena A. DeSouza

“…Renal injuries are a common occurrence in many trauma cases. …”
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Editorial: Special Issue. Current Treatment of Localized Renal Cancer by Ziya Kirkali

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Renal Sinus Lipomatosis in Transplanted Kidneys: An Unusual Clinical Case by Luca Apicella, Gianfranco Vallone, Sossio Vitale, Gianluca Garofalo, Luigi Russo, Riccardo Gallo, Stefano Federico, Massimo Sabbatini

“…Renal sinus lipomatosis (RSL) represents an abnormal proliferation of the adipose tissue surrounding the renal pelvis of uncertain origin, associated with aging, obesity, steroid excess, infections, and calculosis. …”
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Spontaneous Dissection of the Renal Artery in Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome by Filipa Pereira, Teresa Cardoso, Paula Sá

“…A fatal retroperitoneal hematoma related with a haemorrhagic dissection of the right renal artery was found after emergency surgery. This case highlights the need to be aware of the particular characteristics of vEDS, such as a severe vascular complication that can lead to a fatal outcome.…”
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Prosthetic Aortic Valve Stenosis in End-Stage Renal Failure by Michael Mao, Mirelle El Ters, Sunil Mankad, Mira Keddis, Soon Park, Qi Qian

“…Although renal failure is one of the known comorbidities associated with rapid progression of aortic stenosis, it is unclear whether hemodialysis alters the progression of prosthetic aortic valve stenosis. …”
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Dual bombard by Cytomegalovirus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a renal transplantee by Cinthujah Balachander, Indira Ananthapadmanabasamy, Ramasubramanian Viswanathan, Poongodi Santhanakumarasamy

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Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome (SOS) in Multiple Myeloma with Renal Failure by Urvi A. Shah, Sengottuvel Viswanathan, Beamon Agarwal, Aditi Shastri, Ioannis Mantzaris, Murali Janakiram, Noah Kornblum, Ira Braunschweig, Amit Verma, Yang Shi, John Reinus, Olga Derman

“…This is due to unpredictable pharmacokinetics in patients with renal failure and therefore close drug monitoring is required. …”
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Isolated Spontaneous Renal Artery Dissection Presented with Flank Pain by Shruti P. Gandhi, Kajal Patel, Bipin C. Pal

“…Spontaneous renal artery dissection is a rare but important cause of flank pain. …”
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Bilateral Renal Tumour as Indicator for Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome by P. C. Johannesma, R. J. A. van Moorselaar, S. Horenblas, L. E. van der Kolk, E. Thunnissen, J. H. T. M. van Waesberghe, F. H. Menko, P. E. Postmus

“…Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is a cancer disorder caused by a pathogenic FLCN mutation characterized by fibrofolliculomas, lung cysts, pneumothorax, benign renal cyst, and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). In this case we describe a patient with bilateral renal tumour and a positive familial history for pneumothorax and renal cancer. …”
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A Case of Complete Renal Duplex with H-Shaped Ureter by A. Ghobashy, M. El-Shazly, A. Lari, O. Al-Hunaidy, A. Allam, N. Alenezy, E. Yordanov, B. Hathout

“…We present a case of complete renal duplex with H-shaped double ureter opening into the bladder with 2 separate orifices. …”
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A case report on Nocardia cyriacigeorgica in renal transplant patient by Velamuri A, Fatima R, Eswaran SP, Bezawada SR

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Renal Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding by Aadesh Rayamajhi, Saurav Agrawal, Sandesh Rayamajhi, Manoj Lamsal, Dinesh Koirala

“…However, cancers that cause UGIB by invading the small intestine are uncommon, and the invasion of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) into the duodenum is an even rarer occurrence. …”
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The Relevance of the Virchow Node and Virchow Triad in Renal Cancer Diagnosis by Luiza-Roxana Dorobantu-Lungu, Viviana Dinca, Andrei Gegiu, Dan Spataru, Andreea Toma, Luminita Welt, Mihaela Florentina Badea, Constantin Caruntu, Cristian Scheau, Ilinca Savulescu-Fiedler

“…This article also aims to review the literature to understand the characteristics of this rare type of renal tumor. Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) associated with Xp11.2 translocation/gene fusion TFE3 is a rare subtype of kidney cancer that was classified in 2016 as belonging to the family of renal carcinomas with MiT gene translocation (microphthalmia-associated transcription factor). …”
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Snakebite Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Leading to Renal Cortical Necrosis by Ying Mao Gn, Arvind Ponnusamy, Vikram Thimma

“…Renal complications from snakebite result in high mortality and morbidity. …”
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Renal Sympathetic Denervation for the Treatment of Difficult-to-Control or Resistant Hypertension by Vasilios Papademetriou, Michalis Doumas, Konstantinos Tsioufis

“…Recently, catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation has been shown to be fairly safe and effective in patients with resistant hypertension. …”
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IVIG Associated Aseptic Meningitis in a Renal Transplant Patient by Tamara Wanigasekera, Rachel J. Grainger, Donal J. Sexton, Colm Magee

“…The management of antibody-mediated rejection in renal transplant recipients involves plasmapheresis with IVIG. …”
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Seizure, Deafness, and Renal Failure: A Case of Barakat Syndrome by Nasrollah Maleki, Bahman Bashardoust, Manouchehr Iranparvar Alamdari, Zahra Tavosi

“…Barakat syndrome (also known as HDR syndrome) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypoparathyroidism, sensorineural deafness, and renal disease caused by mutation of the GATA3 gene located at chromosome 10p15. …”
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Postoperative “Chimney” for Unintentional Renal Artery Occlusion after EVAR by Marco Franchin, Federico Fontana, Filippo Piacentino, Matteo Tozzi, Gabriele Piffaretti

“…Renal artery obstruction during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm using standard device is a rare but life-threatening complication and should be recognized and repaired rapidly in order to maintain renal function. …”
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An Unusual Initial Presentation of Lupus Nephritis as a Renal Mass by Remi Goupil, Annie-Claire Nadeau-Fredette, Virginie Royal, Alexandre Dugas, Jean-Philippe Lafrance

“…To our knowledge, this represents the first case of lupus nephritis with an initial presentation as a renal mass.…”
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Bilateral Renal Colic as an Initial Presentation of Erdheim-Chester Disease by Julien Sarkis, Fady Haddad, Sarah Nasr, Elie Hanna, Ahmad Mroueh, Elie Nemr

“…Renal disease is generally asymptomatic, rarely causing hydronephrosis and kidney impairment. …”
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