hydronephrosis/headache

METHODS Case report. OBJECTIVE To report insidious development of autonomic dysreflexia and hydronephrosis due to dyssynergic voiding following discontinuation of intrathecal baclofen therapy. METHODS Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Southport, UK. METHODS A male patient with paraplegia at T-5

A 35-year-old female patient was hospitalized for a headache. She was referred to our department for the evaluation of right hydronephrosis noted on the excretory urogram which was performed as part of a hypertensive diagnostic study. Endocrine examination revealed renal hypertension. Excretory

BACKGROUND A 33-year-old woman was referred to the renal outpatient clinic with a headache caused by severe hypertension. She had given birth 3 months previously by emergency caesarean section after a labor complicated by uterine rupture. She had delivered by caesarean section twice

A 66-year old man, who had been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy and felt a progressive shortness of breath and fatigability, was admitted to hospital. Computed tomography showed a thickening of the aortic wall from the aortic arch to the aortic bifurcation, as well as mild pleural and

METHODS A retrospective study. OBJECTIVE (1) To raise awareness of flawed trial of micturition (TOM) in male spinal cord injury (SCI) patients; and (2) to present guidelines for trial of voiding in male SCI patients. METHODS Regional Spinal Injuries Centre, Southport, UK. METHODS Trial of

Deep endometriosis, occurring approximately in 1% of women of reproductive age, represents the most severe form of endometriosis. It causes severe pain in the vast majority of affected women and it can affect the bowel and the urinary tract. Hormonal treatment of deep endometriosis with progestins,

Preliminary results of this retrospective-prospective analysis of renal hypertension in 110 children indicate that hypertension may be secondary to a wide variety of acute progresive, and chronic renal diseases which may be either congenital or acquired. Affected children may be detected at any time

A 72-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for further examination of para-aortic lymph node swelling and elevated carbohydrate antigen 19-9 levels. Thirteen years ago, she had undergone distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer, and the final diagnosis was T4N1M0, Stage ⅢA. Abdominal

Trichosporon fungemia is usually seen in neutropenic patients with underlying hematological malignancies. In this report we describe a fatal case of Trichosporon asahii fungemia in a non-neutropenic patient with a non-hematological malignancy. For 1 week the patient exhibited hematuria, weakness,

A previously healthy 7-year-old white boy presented to St. Louis Children's Hospital with a 1-day history of headache, malaise, temperature of 38.7 degrees C, and a progressively erythematous, tender calf with central dusky purpura. On the morning of admission, his mother noticed a 2-mm crust on the

Background: Syphilis has seen an increased incidence in recent years and can have serious and irreversible consequences if left un-diagnosed and untreated. This case report describes a presentation of syphilis and acute kidney injury - a

Salmonella meningitis is an unusual complication of Salmonella sepsis that occurs almost exclusively in infants and young children. Cases that do occur in adults are associated with a high morbidity and mortality. The present study concerns a rare case of Salmonella meningitis, the first to be

OBJECTIVE To document the types of congenital renal anomalies detected in adulthood, the clinical presentation and complications of these renal anomalies, and the most useful imaging modality in detecting a renal anomaly. METHODS This study was approved by the institutional review board and informed