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The range of vertical renal mobility was established in a group of 129 healthy female subjects and compared with the range of mobility observed in 236 female patients attending a pyelonephritis clinic. The mobility was significantly greater on the right side in both groups and both kidneys moved significantly more in the patient group than in the controls. Excessive mobility could not be directly related to bacteriologically confirmed infection, renal pain or IVP abnormality. Nephroptosis remains an enigma and excessive renal mobility must not be interpreted in isolation.
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PMID:Renal mobility in women attending a pyelonephritis clinic and in controls. 75 55

Metastatic adenocarcinoma, involving the trigone of the urinary bladder, resulted in bilateral pyelonephritis and hydroureter in an aged dog. Salient physical examination and clinicopathologic findings included bacterial urinary tract infection, renal pain response to abdominal palpation, and the observation of WBC casts in urine sediment. A good response to antimicrobial drug administration was observed initially; however, the dog later was euthanatized because of progressive renal disease. Necropsy revealed extensive peritoneal carcinomatosis with metastatic lesions causing occlusion of both ureters. Ostensibly, metastatic carcinoma involving the trigone resulted in urine stasis and enhanced the development of renal infection and hydroureter.
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PMID:Bilateral pyelonephritis and hydroureter associated with metastatic adenocarcinoma in a dog. 319 80

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is a specific form of a chronically destructive inflammation of the kidney. In addition to our own case of the extremely rare coincidence of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and a transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis our report also refers to seven further cases of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis. Any preoperative diagnosis usually is inaccurate. The symptoms are: general poor health, renal pain, fever, marked reduction or complete loss of the renal function, and frequently radiological evidence of a renal tumor. Surgery of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis often results in nephrectomy.
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PMID:[Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis with cancer of the kidney pelvis--a rare coincidence]. 376 27

Acute pyelonephritis is frequent. Its usual signs and symptoms comprise renal pain, fever, inflammation, and presence of germs and leukocytes in the urine. Primary acute E. coli pyelonephritis is frequent in the young female and in most cases is a benign condition. Atypical pyelonephritis may be painless, or without high fever, or lacking bacterial growth in the urine owing to previous inappropriate treatment. Severe pyelonephritis is mainly observed in diabetic, alcoholic or immunocompromised patients. In occasional cases, a common form of pyelonephritis may develop to formation of a renal abscess requiring drainage. When secondary to urinary tract abnormalities, pyelonephritis may be complicated with septicaemia and can induce early and severe renal tissue damage. This form warrants early urological treatment. The common pyelonephritis of the young female without previous history of febrile urinary tract infection requires little imaging. Conversely, extensive uroradiological workup is mandatory in the very young and the elderly, in the male, when treatment is not rapidly effective or in case or early relapse. In some cases, pyelonephritis leads to the development of cortical scars, the long-term prognosis of which remains to be determined.
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PMID:[Clinical description of acute pyelonephritis]. 837 14

Changes in concentrations of total thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) in blood plasma, blood coagulation and prothrombin index (PI) 9 days after exposure to extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) were studied in patients with urolithiasis. Urolithiasis patients with chronic pyelonephritis running with non-severe renal pain had often elevated concentrations of T3, T4 and blood coagulation. On day 9 after ESWL plasma concentration of T3 and coagulation decreased while T4 concentration and PI rose. The analysis of 4-year follow-up after ESWL demonstrates that high levels of T4 and PI on day 9 after ESWL may contribute to development of recurrent urolithiasis.
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PMID:[Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and recurrent urolithiasis]. 1218 58

Acute pyelonephritis is frequent. Its usual signs and symptoms comprise renal pain, fever, inflammation, and pyuria. Simple acute E. coli pyelonephritis is frequent in the young female and in most cases is a benign condition. A typical pyelonephritis may be painless, or without high fever, or lacking bacterial growth in the urine due to previous inappropriate treatment. Severe, complicated pyelonephritis is mainly observed in diabetic, alcoholic or immunocompromised patients. In occasional cases, a common form of pyelonephritis may progress to formation of a renal abscess requiring drainage. When secondary to urinary tract abnormalities, pyelonephritis may be complicated with septicemia and can induce early and severe renal tissue damage. This form warrants emergency urologic treatment. Simple pyelonephritis of the young female without febrile UTI history requires little imaging. Conversely, extensive imaging workup is mandatory in the male, the elderly, when treatment is not rapidly effective or in case of early relapse. In some cases, acute pyelonephritis leads to the development of cortical scars, the long-term prognosis of which remains to be determined.
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PMID:[Acute pyelonephritis]. 1470 20

Nephroliths may obstruct the renal pelvis or ureter, predispose to pyelonephritis, or result in compressive injury of the renal parenchyma leading to progressive chronic kidney disease. Indications for removal of nephroliths in dogs include obstruction, recurrent infection, progressive nephrolith enlargement, presence of clinical signs (renal pain), and patients with nephroliths in a solitary functional kidney. The most common indication for removal of upper tract uroliths in cats is ureteral obstruction caused by ureteroliths. Nonobstructive nephroliths in cats are not usually treated unless they move into the ureter resulting in ureteral obstruction. The treatment approach to nephroliths and ureteroliths is different for dogs versus cats. Surgical removal of nephroliths or ureteroliths by nephrotomy and ureterotomy respectively is associated with potential for complications in more than 30% of cats treated by ureterotomy; therefore, minimally invasive options should also be considered. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment of nephroliths results in small "passable" stone fragments in most dogs, whereas ESWL does not work effectively in cats. Ureteral stents are effective for relief of ureteral obstruction by ureteroliths in both dogs and cats. Ureteral stents may be left in place long-term to relieve ureteral obstruction by ureteroliths. Post-operative morbidity and mortality are substantially lower for ureteral stent placement compared to open surgical ureterotomy in cats.
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PMID:Nephroliths and ureteroliths: a new stone age. 2348 23