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Obstructive uropathy can be caused by urolithiasis, fibrotic ureteral stricture, inflammatory ureteritis with polyp formations, ureteral malignancy and various forms of external compression. Ureteral herniation is a relatively rare cause of obstructive uropathy and has been reported with herniation sites including inguinal canal, femoral canal and sciatic foramen. Most ureteral herniations occur in the inguinal area. In the literature, previous cases of sciatic ureter have been treated with observation in asymptomatic patients or with surgery in patients with obstructive uropathy or clinical symptomatology. We report the case of a 91-year-old female with asymptomatic hydronephrosis of the left kidney due to extremely rare ureterosciatic herniation. Her global renal function was acceptable. As she was elderly and a poor surgical candidate, watchful waiting was recommended after discussion with the patient and her family.
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PMID:Ureterosciatic hernia causes obstructive uropathy. 1881 45

Pediatric urolithiasis poses a technical challenge to the urologist. A review of the recent literature on the subject was performed to highlight the various treatment modalities in the management of pediatric stones. A Medline search was used to identify manuscripts dealing with management options such as percutaneous nephrolithotomy, shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy and cystolithotripsy in pediatric stone diseases. We also share our experience on the subject.Shock wave lithotripsy should be the treatment modality for renal stone less than 1cm or < 150 mm(2) and proximal non-impacted ureteric stone less than 1 cm with normal renal function, no infection and favorable anatomy. Indications for PCNL in children are large burden stone more than 2cm or more than 150mm(2) with or without hydronephrosis, urosepsis and renal insufficiency, more than 1cm impacted upper ureteric stone, failure of SWL and significant volume of residual stones after open surgery. Shock wave lithotripsy can be offered for more soft (< 900 HU on CT scan) renal stones between 1-2cm. Primary vesical stone more than 1cm can be tackled with percutaneous cystolithomy or open cystolithotomy. Open renal stone surgery can be done for renal stones with associated structural abnormalities, large burden infective and staghorn stones, large impacted proximal ureteric stone. The role of laparoscopic surgery for stone disease in children still needs to be explored.
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PMID:Surgical management of pediatric urolithiasis. 1971

A case of oxyphil cell adenoma of parathyroid is presented. A 82-year-old woman complained of back pain. Left hydronephrosis, elevated serum calcium-parathyroid hormone and a nodule in the right neck suggested functioning parathyroid adenoma. Resected adenoma (15 mm x 10 mm x 5 mm) was exclusively composed of oxyphil cell. Production of parathyroid hormone by oxyphil cells was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. This case was found to be the smallest parathyroid oxyphil cell adenoma hitherto reported that caused urolithiasis.
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PMID:[Functioning oxyphil cell adenoma of parathyroid diagnosed with ureteral stone]. 1980 May 55

To investigate the exon mutation of vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase (GGCX or VKDC) in patients with calcium oxalate urolithasis, renal cortex and peripheral blood samples were obtained from severe hydronephrosis patients (with or without calculi), and renal tumor patients undergoing nephrectomy. GGCX mutations in all 15 exons were examined in 44 patients with calcium oxalate urolithiasis (COU) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and denatured high pressure liquid chromatography (DHPLC), and confirmed by sequencing. Mutation was not found in all COU samples compared to the controls. These data demonstrated that functional GGCX mutations in all 15 exons do not occur in most COU patients. It was suggested that there may be no significant association between the low activity and mutation of GGCX in COU.
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PMID:Genetic mutation of vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase domain in patients with calcium oxalate urolithiasis. 1982 Oct 94

Ultrasonography is a helpful diagnostic tool in cattle with urinary tract disorders. It can be used to diagnose pyelonephritis, urolithiasis, hydronephrosis, renal cysts, renal tumors, amyloidosis, cystitis, bladder paralysis, bladder rupture, bladder neoplasms, and, occasionally, nephrosis, glomerulonephritis, and embolic nephritis. This article describes the anatomy, scanning technique, indications, limitations, normal and pathologic sonographic appearance of the bovine urinary tract. References from horses and humans are included, especially when the sonographic findings in these species may complement the understanding of similar diseases reported in cattle.
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PMID:Ultrasonography of bovine urinary tract disorders. 1982 38

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that may often involve organs other than those of the gastrointestinal tract. We investigated retrospectively the frequency, diagnosis and treatment of urinary and male genital complications of CD and UC. From February 1998 to July 2007, 93 patients with CD and 75 patients with UC consulted our department for urinary and male genital complications. Thirty, 19 and 16 of the 93 patients with CD were diagnosed as having fistulas to the urinary and male genital systems, urolithiasis and hydronephrosis, respectively. Fifteen, 14 and 13 of the 75 patients with UC were diagnosed as having urolithiasis, urinary tract infection (UTI) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), respectively. Fistula to the urinary and male genital systems in CD occurred more often in men. In 22 CD patients who had undergone surgical operation and were definitively diagnosed as fistula, the positive rate of cystogram (CG) was 38.1% (8/21). They presented with pyuria (10 cases), pneumaturia (7), hematuria (7), fecaluria (2) and urorrhea (2). Cystoscopy was performed in 20 patients. Fistula opening in the urinary bladder was found in only 2 patients. Other findings in the bladder were edema (14 cases), redness of mucosa (6) and debris (3). Hydronephrosis in CD occurred in 16 patients. Placing a percutaneus nephrostomy (PNS) or ureteral stent was performed in 11 patients and surgical therapy was performed in 12 patients. Only two of the 34 patients with urolithiasis (CD 19, UC 15 cases) underwent ESWL and/or TUL. Almost all patients with UTI in UC were treated with antibiotics and improved, but one patient died from Fournier's Gangrene due to erirectal abscess.
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PMID:[The relationship between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and complications of urinary and male genital tracts]. 1994 84

We present a 39-year-old man with repeated urinary tract infection and lower abdominal pain. Kidney-ureter-bladder (KUB) and IVU film showed a huge 450-g elliptical pelvic calculus that was surgically removed with excellent results. Surgical intervention by cystolithotomy or endoscopic cystolithotripsy can achieve satisfactory results. Bladder outlet obstruction should be treated simultaneously. Bladder stone is a common disease, but it is rare for such a calculus to be so large as to cause bilateral hydronephrosis. Close follow-up, however, is mandatory because the recurrence of urolithiasis is high in those patients with voiding problems and recurrent urinary infection. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest bladder stone in a human male.
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PMID:A huge bladder calculus causing acute renal failure. 2003 43

We studied efficacy of transcutaneous nephrolithotripsy (TNLT) in patients with urolithiasis and anomalous upper urinary tract. For two years we performed TNLT in 148 patients with complicated forms of urolithiasis and anomalous kidneys (age 18-86, 76 females and 72 males). The examination for urolithiasis has found different anomalies of the urinary tract in these patients: double pelvis and ureter (9 cases--6.1%), lumbar dystopy of the kideney (59 cases--39.9%), horseshoe kidney (12 cases--8.1%), solitary cyst of the kidney (43 cases--29.0%), parapelvic cysts (25 cases--16.9%). Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was conducted as first-line treatment in the other 139 patients with nephroliths under 1.5-2 cm in size who had the following anomalies of the urinary system: a solitary kidney (n=14), double pelvis and ureter (n=26), anomalous position of the kidney (n=46), anomalous shape of the kidney (n=20), simple and parapelvic cysts (n=33). A total of 154 TNLT were performed in 148 patients. Transcutaneous interventions were most frequent in the treatment of coral (31.3%) and pelvoureteral (14.6%) concrements, one-stage operation was made in 143 patients. Transcutaneous puncture nephrostomy as the first stage was made in 5 patients. The concrements were removed by one operative intervention in 132 (89.2%) out of 148 patients. Exacerbation of pyelonephritis as a postoperative complication was treated conservatively in 12.5% patients. Residual fragments were diagnosed in 16 patients. Of them, 11 patients had multiple and 5 patients had coral concrements. Residual fragments were removed in 14 patients either by renephroscopy or by ESWL. Treatment of 139 patients with concrements less than 1.5-3 cm in size consisted in 197 ESWL sessions. In combination of anomaly and urolithiasis the number of lithotripsy sessions per one patient was 1.8 +/- 0.2. The least number of ESWL sessions per one patient was conducted in patients with lumbar dystopy of the kidney (1.3 +/- 0.45), the greatest number in horseshoe kidney (3.8 +/- 0.8). Evacuation of the concrements after ESWL depended on the type of anomaly and concrement location. It was 61-69% in patients with anomaly of the shape and position of the kidney, in cystic anomalies is was 89-91%. Open surgery was indicated in 7 patients who needed plastic surgery of hydronephrosis (4) and obstructive megaureter (3). Thus, low-invasive operations provide high efficacy of urolith removal in patients with anomalies of the urinary tract and can replace traumatic open operations.
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PMID:[Choice of treatment in patients with urolithiasis of anomalous kidneys]. 2017 77

Hereditary xanthinuria type I, a defect of purine metabolism, results from a genetic deficiency of xanthine oxidase. It is an uncommon cause of stone formation in children. We report here two children with xanthine urolithiasis. The first patient was an 8-year-old boy who presented with repeated episodes of hematuria evaluated with excretory urography, which demonstrated radio-lucent pelvic stone in the right kidney, causing hydronephrosis. He had pyelolithotomy, and the extracted stone consisted of pure xanthine. Family study revealed an asymptomatic xanthinuria in younger brother. The second patient was a 5-year-old boy who had a 2-week history of abdominal pain and gross hematuria. Conventional excretory intravenous urography showed a non-functioning right kidney. Nephrectomy was performed, and histology revealed end-stage pyelonephritis. The calculi consisted of pure xanthine. In both patients, plasma and urinary concentrations of uric acid were low but xanthine and hypoxanthine concentrations were markedly elevated. Xanthine urolithiasis is usually a benign condition, easy to prevent or cure by appropriate alkalinization, forced hydration and restriction of dietary purines. However asymptomatic, and therefore undiagnosed, stones may invade the kidney and urinary tract, resulting in destruction of parenchyma, nephrectomy and renal failure.
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PMID:Xanthine urolithiasis. 2022 23

The present study was designed to evaluate the clinical outcome of using extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of ureteric calculi and to establish a predictive model for the stone-free rate in patients receiving the treatment. A total of 831 patients with ureteric calculi were accepted in this study. Several parameters, including stone site, stone number, stone size, history of urolithiasis, renal colic, hydronephrosis, and double-J ureteric stent, were analyzed using univariate and multivariate analyses. A prediction model was established based on the logistic regression analysis of the significant factors, and the goodness-of-fit of the model was evaluated by employing the Hosmer-Lemeshow test. At a 3-month follow-up after ESWL treatment, the overall stone-free rate was 96.8% (804/831) with no serious complications being found, while the treatment failed in 3.2% (27/831) of the patients. Five factors, including stone number, stone size, history of urolithiasis, renal colic, and double-J ureteric stent contributed significantly to the clinical outcome of the ESWL treatment. The prediction model had a sensitivity and overall accuracy of 99.8 and 96.9%, respectively. The results show that ESWL remains an effective method for treating ureteric calculi. The prediction model established in this study could be used as a method for estimating prognosis in patients following ESWL treatment.
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PMID:Prediction of outcome of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the management of ureteric calculi. 2040 53


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