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An 80-year-old female had been taking phenacetin-containing analgesics due to severe pain in her legs and headache caused by SMON since 1957. The total accumulated dose of phenacetin that she had taken was about 2.3 kg. She visited the department of urology in our hospital complaining of gross hematuria in May, 1987. DIP showed that bilateral kidney were atrophic and her left pyelogram was non-visualized. A solid mass was located in her renal pelvis on the CT scan. Under the diagnosis of a left renal pelvic tumor, nephrectomy was performed on her left kidney in January, 1988. Histological diagnosis was interpreted as a transitional cell carcinoma, at a grade 1 greater than 2 and interstitial nephritis was detected. She died 8 months after the operation because of lung and bone metastasis. In autopsy, interstitial nephritis of the right kidney was also recognized. Our case is the fourth report of renal pelvic tumor due to phenacetin abuse in Japan.
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PMID:[A case of renal pelvic tumor due to phenacetin abuse]. 223 97

Two cases of cerebral aneurysm combined with polycystic kidneys (PCKs) were presented. Case 1, a 24-year-old hypertensive male, was referred to our clinic owing to sudden onset of severe headache at August 20, 1982. Neurological findings on admission were stuporous, right vitreous hemorrhage (so-called Terson's syndrome), and hypertension. CT scans showed subarachnoid hemorrhage, and right MCA bifurcation aneurysm with marked vasospasms by cerebral angiography was revealed. Intentional delayed operation with V-P shunt was performed. He discharged with mild left upper limb paresis, and visual impairment on the right. Bilateral PCKs were confirmed by postoperative DIP and CT scan. Case 2, a 51-year-old female, who suddenly complained of severe headache, was referred to our department 3 days after subarachnoid hemorrhage. One year previously, she had been pointed out PCKs. Neurological findings on admission at February 29, 1980, were drowsy, left third cranial nerve palsy, and hypertension. Cerebral angiography showed multiple aneurysms (bilateral IC-PC & A-com). Neck clipping (1-IC-PC & A-com) and coating (r-IC-PC) were performed at the next day of admission, and V-P shunt operation was followed about 8 weeks after first operation. About 2 weeks after discharge, she suddenly became loss of consciousness and expired. Autopsy revealed intracerebral hemorrhage in left basal ganglia and thalamus. Both kidneys were PCKs of Potter type 3 and cysts of the liver were also noted. In young hypertensive patients with cerebral aneurysms, it should be in mind whether PCKs may be combined or not, and cerebral angiography in PCKs were reasonable to find out harbored cerebral aneurysm.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Two cases of cerebral aneurysms combined with polycystic kidneys]. 652 33

Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease of unknown etiology that has a wide variety of clinical manifestation. Lung involvement may slowly undergo pulmonary fibrosis. Chronic sarcoid arthritis is a rare, usually non destructive arthropathy; may be a mono, oligo or polyarthritis. Knees, ankles, shoulders, wrists and small joint of the hands and feet may be involved. It can involve skin, eyes, exocrine glands such as salivary and lacrimal glands, and many other tissues. We describe the case of a 77 years old woman with a history of rhinopharyngitis with epistaxis and chronic laryngitis since youth; a dry mouth and throat, a erythematous, infiltrative skin lesion in the forehead and in the nape of the neck, a purple lesion of the left ear and nose, skin dystrophy of the hands from 30 years before. She underwent an operation for a left femoral fracture with hemotransfusion 14 years ago. Then she developed a polyarthritis of the small joints of the hands (II, III and IV right DIP, I, III, e V left DIP; III and V bilateral PIP), knees, tarsi, toes and left elbow. An HCV chronic hepatitis was discovered 6 years before. She is affected by productive cough, dysphonia, dyspnoea at rest, fever, headache and asthenia for over 5 years. Laboratory examination revealed leukopenia, HCV hepatitis with anti HCV, HCV-RNA, transaminases elevated and cryoglobulinemia. HCV may be involved in the etiopathogenesis of rheumatic diseases, lung fibrosis and may moreover contribute to the onset or progression of sarcoidosis; the possible pathogenesis is discussed.
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PMID:[Chronic polyarthritis in a patient affected by sarcoidosis and chronic HCV infection. Case report and review of the literature]. 1210 83