A Case with Significant Proteinuria Caused by Secreted Protein from Urothelial Carcinoma by Masanori Sakakima, Yoshihide Fujigaki, Hideo Yasuda, Akashi Togawa, Tomoyuki Fujikura, Atsushi Otsuka, Seiichiro Ozono, Akira Hishida

“…Abdominal echography showed right-sided unilateral hydronephrosis, and computed tomography pointed out a tumor of the right renal pelvis, suggesting cancer of renal pelvis. …”
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Urinary Obstruction of Transplanted Kidney Caused by Uterine Adenomyosis and 2-Year Posthysterectomy Psoas Abscess in Conjunction with Transplanted Kidney by Yuta Takezawa, Yoshifumi Kadono, Takahiro Nohara, Atsushi Mizokami

“…Psoas abscess secondary to renal graft pyelonephritis is also uncommon. We present this unusual case and its treatment course. …”
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PPARγ and Its Agonists in Chronic Kidney Disease by Yuhua Ma, Manman Shi, Yuxin Wang, Jian Liu

“…CKD can progress to irreversible end-stage renal diseases (ESRD) or renal failure. The major risk factors for CKD include obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. …”
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PTLD Burkitt Lymphoma in a Patient with Remote Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis by A. Stravodimou, A. Cairoli, T. Rausch, R. Du Pasquier, P. Michel

“…Lymphomatoid granulomatosis (LG) is a rare, EBV-associated systemic angiodestructive lymphoproliferative disorder, which has rarely been described in patients with renal transplantation. We report the case of a patient with renal transplantation for SLE, who presented, 9 months after renal transplantation, an EBV-associated LG limited to the intracranial structures that recovered completely after adjustment of her immunosuppressive treatment. …”
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Management of Bladder Cancer following Solid Organ Transplantation by Jeffrey J. Tomaszewski, Jeffrey A. Larson, Marc C. Smaldone, Matthew H. Hayn, Stephen V. Jackman

“…Results. Of the 2,925 renal and 2,761 liver transplant recipients reviewed, we identified eleven patients (0.2%) following transplant diagnosed with BUC. …”
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Projecting the Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease in a Developed Country and Its Implications on Public Health by L. Y. Wong, A. S. T. Liew, W. T. Weng, C. K. Lim, A. Vathsala, M. P. H. S. Toh

“…National policies need to focus on primary disease prevention and early disease detection to avoid delayed treatment of CKD which eventually leads to end-stage renal disease.…”
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Benzylthiouracil-Induced Glomerulonephritis by Sihem Trimeche Ajmi, Rim Braham, Sarra Toumi, Molka Chadli Chaieb, Amel Maaroufi, Koussay Ach, Larbi Chaieb

“…A renal biopsy was performed and revealed pauci-immune extracapillary glomerular nephropathy and necrotic vasculitis lesions. …”
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Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Kidneys with Obstructive Uropathy: Differentiation between Benign and Malignant Etiology by Tugce Ozlem Kalayci, Melda Apaydin, Fitnet Sönmezgöz, Sinan Çalık, Melike Bedel Koruyucu

“…The signal intensities of the renal parenchyma on DWI and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps were noted. …”
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The Use of Coupled Plasma Filtration Adsorption in Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis by Mario Pezzi, Silvia Renda, Anna Maria Giglio, Anna Maria Scozzafava, Simona Paola Tiburzi, Patrizia Casella, Fabrizio Iannelli, Mario Verre

“…One patient, in spite of full renal recovery, died of cerebral haemorrhage on the 26th day of hospital stay.…”
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Atypical Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease in a Pregnant Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Areerat Ounhasuttiyanon, Ngoentra Tantranont, Thatsaphan Srithongkul

“…However, several patients had persistent renal dysfunction and 20–30% of patients had progression to ERSD. …”
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Acroparesthesia in a Female: Diagnostic Dilemma by Fnu Kelash, Lara Kujtan, Padmaja V. Mallidi

“…Progressive deposition in these organ systems leads to renal and heart failure; debilitating pain as a result of nervous system involvement also occurs.…”
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Cryptococcal cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection treated with fluconazole by Daniel Eymard, François Lebel

“…A 37-year-old woman with a cadaveric renal allotransplantation required intra-cranial shunting devices after a presumptive episode of tuberculous meningitis. …”
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Critical Illness Associated Fatal Hypoglycemia in a Nondiabetic Male by Amit Toor, Anika Toor, Mahesh Krishnamurthy

“…This, along with reduced hepatic and renal gluconeogenesis seen in preexisting liver and renal disease, can cumulate to life-threatening hypoglycemia and is seen as a poor prognostic factor in the ICU setting.…”
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Concomitant Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Horseshoe Kidney by Faraz Jaffer, Vijay Chandiramani

“…Isolated horseshoe kidney is still the most common of renal fusion anomalies; however etiology of coexistent PLSVC remains unknown.…”
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Nephrocalcinosis: the latest reports on risk factors – a review by Tomasz Dudzik, Łucja Dudzik, Igor Domański, Aleksandra Kozieł, Paulina Wójcik, Natalia Kuderska

“…Nephrocalcinosis, characterized by the deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma, is linked to a variety of genetic, metabolic, dietetic, and environmental factors. …”
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The “Top-Down” Approach to the Evaluation of Children with Febrile Urinary Tract Infection by Hans G. Pohl, A. Barry Belman

“…The identification of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has been of primary concern since retrospective studies from the 1930s to 1960s established a strong association between VUR, recurrent UTI, and renal cortical scarring. It has been proposed that all VUR carries a risk for renal scarring and, therefore, all VUR should be identified and treated. …”
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Heat stroke with sepsis: A case report and review of the literature by Suyu Wei, Liang Sun

“…For eligible patients, hemodialysis should be initiated promptly to manage renal complications effectively.…”
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Antiglomerular Basement Membrane Disease in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Vimal Master Sankar Raj, Diana Warnecke, Julia Roberts, Sarah Elhadi

“…We hereby describe the case of a 2-year-old girl who presented with renal failure and was diagnosed with GPS. A brief review of the literature in regard to data on demographics, pathogenesis, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for renal recovery is also provided.…”
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α 2-Adrenoceptors: Challenges and Opportunities—Enlightenment from the Kidney by William A. Pettinger, Edwin K. Jackson

“…Now α2-ARs lurk on the horizon involving hypertension causality, renal denervation for hypertension, injury from falling in the elderly and prazosin’s mechanism of action in anxiety states such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). …”
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Recurrent secondary hyperparathyroidism due to a gradually increasing intrathyroidal parathyroid adenoma in a fifth parathyroid gland of a patient undergoing long-term haemodialysi... by Jun Yang, Ninghu Liu, Jili Wang, Xinhui Su

“…In addition to the recurrence of renal hyperparathyroidism, the nodule gradually increased in size. …”
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