Retained calcified guidewire in the kidney mimicking a renal stone

A 20-year retained guidewire, should it be removed?

Backtable ureteroscopy for retrieval of retained stent or stone: A novel technique in renal autotransplant

Loin pain hematuria syndrome (LPHS), first described in 1967, is a disorder of chronic, severe flank pain without an identifiable source. Patients suffer from extreme unilateral or bilateral flank pain accompanied bymicroscopic or gross hematuria.1 The etiology behind this syndrome remains unclear. Pathophysiologic mechanisms of LPHS include immune hypersensitivity, abnormal glomerular basement...

Retained Placenta Accreta Mimicking Choriocarcinoma

This case demonstrates a rare event of retained invasive placenta masquerading as choriocarcinoma. The patient presented with heavy vaginal bleeding following vaginal delivery complicated by retained products of conception. Ultrasound and computed tomography demonstrated a vascular endometrial mass, invading the uterine wall and raising suspicion for choriocarcinoma. Hysterectomy revealed retai...

Retained foreign body mimicking sciatica.

Dear Editor, Soft tissue foreign bodies (FBs) are a common occurrence in emergency departments. Not all FBs are discovered during the initial patient encounter; several signs reveal the presence of a retained FB in a wound.1 Some FBs cause significant problems, including infl ammation, chronic pain and repeat visits, whereas some FBs are asymptomatic and remain undetected for months or years. W...

Hepatocellular carcinoma metastatic to the kidney mimicking renal oncocytoma.

BACKGROUND Renal metastases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are very rare. To our knowledge only five cases have been reported to the present; all had a well-known primary HCC. METHODS We describe the clinico-pathological features of a rare case of HCC metastatic to the kidney in which the renal mass was the clinical debut of disease. The patient was a 54-year-old woman previously submitted...