A 41-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease had chronic kidney disease class IV. She presented 10 days postpartum with a 4-day history of severe hematuria, left flank pain, and anemia, hemoglobin 62 g/L. CT scan showed massively enlarged kidneys with multiple cysts; several cysts bilaterally had high attenuation consistent with hemorrhage. Hematuria persisted over seve...

We studied the urinary RBC morphology in 87 consecutive cases of significant hematuria by 3 commonly used methods: (a) light microscopy of the unstained urinary sediment; (b) phase contrast microscopy of the unstained urinary sediment; and (c) Wright's staining of the urinary sediment, in order to compare the sensitivity of these methods in detecting dysmorphic RBCs and thus predicting the site...

PURPOSE Urine cytology has been a long-standing first line investigation for hematuria and is recommended in current major guidelines. We determined the contribution of urine cytology in hematuria investigations and its cost implications. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were prospectively collected for 2,778 consecutive patients investigated for hematuria at a United Kingdom teaching hospital from...

BACKGROUND Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) have important functions in injury and repair processes of glomerular intrinsic cells. A study was conducted to analyze the urinary VEGF/creatinine (CR) and IL-6/CR levels in simple hematuria patients after excluding the interference of creatinine. We aimed to investigate the function and relationships of the above in...

A surgically treated case of the nutcracker phenomenon is reported. Severe left flank pain and gross hematuria were relieved by direct renocaval reimplantation. We proposed the diagnostic criteria of the nutcracker phenomenon causing severe flank pain and/or renal hematuria.

pasteurella species are commensal bacteria of the respiratory airways and oronasal cavity of animals. in this study, we report an unusual case of pasteurella dagmatis isolation from dog urine with uroliths. an 11-year-old female dog was admitted to the veterinary hospital of ahvaz university complaining of abdominal pain, hematuria, dysuria and stranguria. in clinical and radiological examinati...

This is a rare case of adult primary obstructive megaureter complicated by combined uric acid-oxalate lithiasis of the ureter and renal stones. A 24-year-old male patient presented with frank hematuria on exercise of 4 years duration. The patient had an open surgery in the form of excision of stenotic segment of ureter and left ureteric re-implantation with removal of ureteric and renal stones....

Heavy Chain Deposition Disease (HCDD) is rare, and presents with renal failure, proteinuria, hematuria, hypertension, and often hypocomplimenteniemia [1-3]. HCDD may mimic the pathology of immune complex, crescenteric glomerulonephritis, with isolated heavy chain deposits along mesangial, glomerular, and tubular Basement Membranes (BMs), without associated light chains [4]. The predominant heav...

Urinary Bladder Xanthomas (UBX) are non-neoplastic reactive tumor like process. Isolated UBX is rare with only around 15 cases reported (Yu, Patel, & Bonert, 2015). UBX are reported in older patients who present with non specific symptoms like UTI or hematuria. Patients often have associated lipid anomalies. UBX have been vaguely described as yellowish white plaques or patches. Also, recent rep...

Proteinuria and hematuria are common during exercise. Proteinuria is usually due to glomerular or tubular changes or to an excessive production of protein as in myeloma. Certain clinical conditions can, however, result in a functional or temporary proteinuria, especially during pregnancy, fever, orthostasis, or following physical activity. Sport-related proteinuria following marching, exercise,...