BACKGROUND While clindamycin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI) is uncommon, it has occurred more frequently in recent years. SUMMARY We investigated 24 patients diagnosed with clindamycin-induced AKI retrospectively. The dosage of clindamycin was 1.0-1.5 g/day. Fifteen patients had episodes of gross hematuria, but fever, skin rash and eosinophilia were rare. Urine analysis revealed mild prote...

A 41 year-old man with a history of diabetes mellitus underwent computed tomography for screening on August 2007. The CT revealed an enhancing 3.0 cm mass in the middle pole of the left kidney. We diagnosed as renal cancer, clinical stage T1aN0M0. Then he underwent laparoscopic left partial nephrectomy. The pathological result was renal cell carcinoma, G2 > G1, pT1a. On post operative day 12, h...

Received May 2006 Accepted February 2007 INTRODUCTION Inflammatory pseudotumor of the bladder is a rare benign proliferative lesion that resembles a neoplastic tumor.(1-5) Most of the tumors of the bladder are malignant, and transitional cell carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor; however, other tumors such as adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, sarcoma, and teratoma have to be incl...

Renal pelvic hematoma (Antopol Goldman lesion) is a rare but significant condition that may clinically mimick a renal or a pelvic neoplasm. Differential diagnosis and optimal treatment are still not known certainly. A 80-year-old male patient admitted to the emergency department with gross hematuria/clot retention and right flank pain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging revealed a filling...

Hematuria is a very common clinical condition that most clinicians will encounter. divided into gross and microscopic hematuria with wide variety of etiologies. The imaging evaluation asymptomatic generally tailored to identifying cause (urinary tract stones) the worrisome (carcinoma). workup for agreed upon includes both CT cystoscopy. However, controversial due much lower risk urinary maligna...