Background/Objective: Spleen volume can vary depending on physiological conditions, systemic diseases, and various clinical factors. However, the relationship between the anatomical changes resulting from the surgical removal of an organ adjacent to...
Due to their proximity to the left renal hilum, injuries to the superior mesenteric artery and celiac trunk are still reported during left radical nephrectomy, whether performed via open, laparoscopic, or robotic methods. The aim of this 50-year narr...
Renal venous anatomy is relevant to nephrectomy, living-donor evaluation, and retroperitoneal surgery. Classical descriptions often present a single renal vein on each side, whereas published series show that additional veins, retroaortic and circuma...
We present a case of 75-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN). The patient presented with abdominal pain, fever of undetermined origin and progressive decrease in urine output. Computerized tomography scan revealed...
Background: Renal arteriovenous fistula (RAVF) and renal artery pseudoaneurysm (RAP) are rare vascular complications that may occur following renal surgery, trauma, or endovascular interventions. Delayed presentation after nephrectomy is exceptionall...
Background and Objectives: The role of surgery in pancreatic metastases of renal cell carcinoma (PM_RCC) is highly controversial, particularly in the context of modern systemic therapies and the conflicting results of studies published so far. This s...
Introduction: Extended pelvic resection might be the option of choice in patients presenting locally advanced cervical cancer. However, the possibility of a co-existence of an ectopic, pelvic kidney that is invaded by such a tumor is extremely rare....
Spontaneous rupture of kidney is a rare clinical entity. A 35-year-old female presented in emergency with left flank pain and features suggestive of haemorrhagic shock. Investigations showed rupture of kidney with perinephric haematoma. Emergency lef...
Nephroblastoma is the most common kidney tumour in children, constitutes about 85% of cases. Although renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the second-most common kidney malignancy in children, it constitutes only about 2–6% of all cases. Currently, th...
Metastasis to the pancreas represents a small proportion of all pancreatic malignancies. Among primary tumors that metastasize to the pancreas, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the most common causes of metastatic pancreatic lesions. We herein re...
Background and Clinical Significance: Thyroid metastasis from clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is uncommon and may occur after radical nephrectomy despite no evidence of residual or metastatic disease at that time. Diagnosis can be challenging...
With the widespread use of imaging modalities performed for the staging of prostate cancer, the incidental detection of synchronous tumors is increasing in frequency. Robotic surgery represents a technical evolution in the treatment of solid tumors o...
Background and Objectives: Approximately 20–40% of patients affected with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) develop either distant metastatic or locally recurring disease following radical nephrectomy. Soft tissue, skin, and the central nervous system...
Background: Benign nephrectomy to treat patients with renal inflammatory disease in cases of severe urinary infection represents a diagnostic and management challenge because of significant inflammatory, fibrotic, and infectious components. Among ren...
We describe a rare case of LRV pseudo-fenestration in a 68-year-old female identified on contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography. Unlike true fenestration, in which a single vessel splits and reunites, this pseudo-fenestration resulted fr...
Background: Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy is a standard approach for kidney procurement, yet optimal technique and learning curve trajectories remain incompletely characterized. We present a high-volume single-center experience with standardi...
Background and Clinical Significance: Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is notorious for its aggressiveness and great propensity to metastasize to virtually any organ, with a dismal five-year survival rate. While metastases from ccRCC typically...
Injury to the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) is a rare, underreported, and potentially devastating complication. This study aims to propose a systematic workup to describe how to prevent and manage SMA injury in a standardized stepwise manner. Thre...
An eight-year-old spayed female Abyssinian cat presented with lameness. Palpation revealed swelling, heat, and a reduced range of motion in the stifle and tarsal joints in both hind limbs. A radiographic examination of both hind limbs revealed perios...
Radical or partial nephrectomy, commonly used for the treatment of kidney tumors, is a surgical procedure with a risk of high blood loss. The primary aim of this study is to quantify blood loss and elucidate the redistribution of blood flux and press...
Introduction: Renal haemangioma is a benign tumour, and due to its characteristics, it must be distinguished from malignant diseases. We present a clinical case of primary renal angiosarcoma initially mistaken for haemangioma due to their similarity....
We previously found that short-term treatment (week 8 to 12 after injury) with high-dose angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) induced the regression of existing glomerulosclerosis in 5/6 nephrectomy rats. We therefore assessed the effects of long-term...
Anastomosing hemangioma (AH) is a rare subtype of primary vascular tumour that can, clinically and radiologically, present similarly to malignant renal tumours such as renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and angiosarcoma. Rarely seen in the genitourinary syst...
Primary Renal Sarcoma is rare tumor comprising only 1% of all renal tumours. Synovial sarcomas are generally deep-seated tumors arising in the proximity of large joints of adolescents and young adults and account for 5-10% of all soft tissue tumours....
Fibrosis is a marker of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and consists of the accumulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) components, causing the progressive deterioration of kidney function. Human liver stem cells (HLSCs) have anti-fibrotic activity,...
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is defined as the obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by a blood clot, tumor, air, or fat emboli originating elsewhere in the body. A saddle PE occurs when the obstruction affects the bifurcation of the...
Endobronchial metastases (EBM) secondary to extrathoracic malignancies are very rare. Breast cancer, colorectal cancer and renal cell carcinoma represent the most common types of cancer leading to endobronchial metastases. They usually represent a la...
Heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD) share several mediators of cardiac pathological remodelling. Akin to heart failure, this remodelling sets in motion a vicious cycle of progressive pathological hypertrophy and myocardial dysfunction in C...
(1) Background: Successful treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI)-induced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is unresolved. We aimed to characterize the time-course of changes after contralateral nephrectomy (Nx) in a model of unilateral ischemic AKI-induc...
Retroperitoneal tumors are uncommon and may reach a large size prior to causing symptoms or being noticed by the patient or physician. A middle-aged female consulted us for care during her “terminal” illness. She had already undergone fou...
Renal embolisms due to cardiac myxomas are extremely rare; the clinical course, treatment, and prognosis of this disease are not established. A 69-year-old Japanese woman who underwent a nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma 3 years earlier was hospit...
Patients diagnosed with cancer are less frequently covered by preventive measures for cardiovascular diseases. The frequent co-occurrence of these diseases makes it necessary to apply parallel diagnostics and cardiological treatment with anti-cancer...
Background: Congenital renal masses in neonates are most commonly congenital mesoblastic nephroma or, less frequently, or Wilms tumor. We describe a neonate with an apparent primary renal tumor that proved to be adrenal neuroblastoma infiltrating the...
Background: Triple primary malignant tumors (TPMTs) are extremely rare and represent a major diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Their frequency has increased with advances in cancer detection and longer patient survival. Case presentation: We repo...
Background/Objectives: Hemodialysis-induced myocardial stunning (HIMS) is a frequent complication in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction due to ischemic episodes. Mitochondrial dysfunc...
(1) Background: We aim to present our experience with resection of the inferior vena cava (IVC) without reconstruction in two patients diagnosed with renal tumors. (2) Case Report: The first case was diagnosed with right renal vein sarcoma and the se...
The kidney is highly sensitive to prenatal and early-life environmental influences. Maternal protein restriction (MPR) can alter renal development and may modify susceptibility to chronic kidney disease (CKD) following acute kidney injury (AKI). We i...
Uremic cardiomyopathy, characterized by diastolic dysfunction, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and fibrosis, is a common cardiovascular complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Men are at a higher risk for cardiovascular and renal diseases,...
Background and clinical significance: Ectopic ureters are a rare urinary tract malformation, typically diagnosed in childhood and infrequently in adulthood. The prenatal detection by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of this clinical en...
Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS), a therapeutic type of ultrasound, is known to enhance bone fracture repair processes and help some tissues to heal. Here, we investigated the therapeutic potential of LIPUS for the treatment of chronic kidney...
Background and Objectives: Seminoma is the most common solid malignant tumour in young men. Clear-cell kidney carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the genitourinary tract. However, the synchronous occurrence of both of these tumours is rare. Ca...
Background/Objectives: Orchialgia following kidney donation is an underrecognized complication with reported incidence varying dramatically between retrospective (2–3%) and prospective (44–55%) studies, suggesting significant underreporti...
Cyclosporine A (CsA) preconditioning is known to target mitochondrial permeability transition pore and protect renal function after ischemia reperfusion (IR). The upregulation of heat-shock protein 70 (Hsp70) expression after CsA injection is thought...
Pyonephrosis is a rare, life-threatening suppurative disease of the kidney characterised by the accumulation of purulent exudate within the renal pelvis and the destruction of renal parenchyma. It is typically associated with azotaemia and urinary tr...
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) is defined by germline mutations of the p53 tumour suppressor gene. Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare aggressive malignancy that is commonly associated with LFS. Most LFS-linked ACC cases occur in children, and limit...
The ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) of rat kidneys is used as a model of acute kidney injury. Salt-sensitive hypertension occurs in rats after IRI, and the distal nephrons play important roles in the development of this condition. We investig...
Background/Objectives: During retroperitoneal surgery, awareness of the anatomic variants of renal arteries (RAs) is essential. We aimed to determine the prevalence of early-branched (short) Ras, the bilateral morphologies of RAs in such cases, and t...
Neuroblastoma (NB) is an undifferentiated malignant tumor of the sympathetic ganglia, occurring in children under 5 years of age. However, it is a rare histology in adult patients, occurring once per every 10 million patients per year. We present the...
Background: Retroperitoneal surgical corridors, particularly in robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy and donor surgery, require precise knowledge of hilar vascular orientation. The typically described Vein–Artery–Pelvis (VAP) anatomy is o...
Background and Clinical Significance: Endoscopic ureterocele incision is the preferred initial treatment for ureteroceles associated with duplex collecting systems due to its capability for rapid decompression via a minimally invasive technique with...
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