An 84-year-old woman was referred to our department due to gross hematuria. Enhanced computed tomography revealed early enhancement of the right renal vein and multiple tortuous vessels around the right renal hilus, part of which had invaded into the renal parenchyma and renal calix. We diagnosed her with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and performed transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE)...

In February 2003, a 22-year-old man presented to our center with the chief complaint of gross hematuria and pain in the left flank. Medical history and physical examination were unremarkable. Except for a microscopic hematuria, all laboratory tests had normal results. Ultrasonography revealed a 145 × 106-mm heterogeneous mass in the upper pole of the left kidney without the evidence of the meta...

Thyroid cancer metastasis to the urinary bladder is a very rear condition. To the authors' knowledge there have been only 2 cases reported in the literature. Herein a case is reported of a metastatic bladder tumor in a 73-year-old woman with history of thyroid and breast cancer. Gross hematuria was the initial symptom of her metastatic disease. Pathology of the resected mass revealed a follicul...

We report two cases of Lyme disease-associated glomerulonephritis. A 57-year-old female presented with rash, volume overload, hypertension and rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis. Biopsy confirmed an immune complex-mediated, membranoproliferative lesion. She was treated successfully with steroids and antibiotics. In a second case, a 40-year-old male, with a previously known microscopic hemat...

A 30-year-old woman suffered intractable gross hematuria of renal origin, which required nephrectomy after failed conservative management. Pathological examination revealed massive intratubular hemorrhage and frequent deposition of an amorphous and homogenous material positive for Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS) stain in the corticomedullary junction. This substance is frequently herniated into the ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to assess short and mid-term clinical efficacy of external beam radiation therapy to achieve hemostasis in patients with bladder-cancer related gross hematuria who were unfit for surgery. We also assessed hypofractionation as a possible alternative option for more severe patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-two patients were included for hemostatic radiatio...