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A 5-year-old previously healthy girl presented to the emergency department (ED) with vomiting for 6 days. Her activity level was normal but her parents described progressive exercise intolerance with frequent recreational breaks approximately 2 days prior to presentation. In addition, the child
Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth (STH) widespread in various part of the world. A 78-yr-old peasant diabetic female from Mazandaran Province northern Iran, was admitted to Infection Department of the Razi Hospital in city of Qaemshahr, north of Iran complaining about
A 9-year-old castrated male domestic shorthair cat with dysuria, anorexia, vomiting, and lethargy was admitted to the veterinary teaching hospital. A large, firm mass was palpable in the ventral cervical region. Hypercalcemia, azotemia, and nonregenerative anemia were evident on serum biochemical
Fourteen pediatric cases of posterior urethral valves in patients aged 6 months to 14 years (with four infants and ten older children) are reported. The main symptoms were vesical, including dysuria, acute urinary retention and dribbling. One patient presented with diarrhea, vomiting and dribbling.
A 48-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of fever, headache and vomiting. At admission, the level of consciousness was depressed (drowsy) with slight confusion. Extremely miotic pupils, nuchal stiffness, ataxia and myoclonic movements of both upper limbs were observed. The eye
The patient, a 35-year-old woman, had been diagnosed as SLE since she developed butterfly rash, arthritis and hair loss with positive antinuclear antibody, anti-DNA antibody, and LE cells in 1989, and treated with daily 20 mg prednisolone (PSL). She had been suffering from nausea, vomiting and
BACKGROUND
Lupus cystitis is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by thickening of the bladder wall, associated with ureterohydronephrosis. In several cases gastrointestinal symptoms are the main manifestation. The optimal immunosuppressive regimen is still
Ten per cent of girls and 3% of boys will have had a UTI by 16 years of age. The majority are acute, isolated illnesses that resolve quickly, with no long-term implications for the patient. However, UTIs may be associated with underlying congenital abnormalities, and recurrent infections can lead to
A young male patient was admitted to our hospital with history of dysuria, recurrent vomiting, severe muscle pain and weakness which was induced by a session of rigorous exercise for the first time in the local gymnasium. He was subsequently diagnosed with exercise-induced acute kidney injury and
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to identify factors that predict the presence of urolithiasis detected with unenhanced computed tomography (UCT) in children.
METHODS
A retrospective study of all subjects <21 years of age who presented to the emergency department at Akron Children's
We describe a case of a young female with lupus that complained about suprapubic pain, dysuria, fever and vomits, symptoms first interpreted as pyelonephritis, despite negative cultures and imaging studies showing hydroureteronephrosis with inflammatory changes. When she developed malar rash,
Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare life-threatening condition affecting almost exclusively patients with diabetes mellitus. Symptoms, which include fever, chills, abdominal and flank pain, nausea, vomiting, dysuria and pyuria, usually mimic those of classic pyelonephritis, and thus
When a renal recipient in Turkey develops a postoperative problem, consultation by the transplant team in the emergency unit is often the first step toward a solution. The main aim of this study was to identify the types of postoperative problems that cause renal transplantation patients to visit
A bifid ureter with a blind-ending branch is rare. There is only six published cases in which was the exact diagnosis established on the basis of excretory urography alone. In all other cases the diagnosis was established by retrograde pyelography, at an operation or at autopsy. Asymptomatic cases
OBJECTIVE
Penile microarterial bypass surgery may be the only treatment capable of restoring normal erectile function without the necessity of chronic use of vasoactive medications or placement of a penile prosthesis. Lack of standardization in patient selection, hemodynamic evaluation, surgical