venous limbs of the shunt is removed and the patient is connected to the dialyser. At the end of dialysis the U-tube is replaced. The use of the Scribner shunt in intermittent haemodialysis for chronic renal failure is well recognized, and Chisholm (1961) has advocated its use in some patients with acute renal failure and especially those who have few available veins. It is our belief that it s...

AIM We report an unusual case of a male weightlifter with upper extremity venous thrombosis. CASE PRESENTATION Thrombosis affecting subclavian-axillo-humeral venous trunk produced by the compression of these veins by the trained muscles of the shoulder girdle (Paget-Schroetter syndrome) has been reported. During the study, a renal carcinoma was detected. Renal carcinoma has rarely been associ...

Leiomyosarcoma of inferior vena cava is a rare soft tissue sarcoma presenting with vague abdominal pain. Complete surgical resection with clear surgical margin plays a central therapeutic role. The effect of chemotherapy and radiation therapy is controversial. We reported a female patient with invasion both renal veins by this disease. It was surgically excised and replaced with graft and right...

The testis is an important organ upon which the survival of the human species depends. Any compression of testicular artery may lead to loss of gametogenesis and hormone production. We found a left testicular artery entrapped between two divisions of a left renal vein in an approximately 50 year old cadaver. The left renal vein was formed by union of two veins coming from the kidney, left supra...

Cytomegalovirus is the most common viral infection after kidney transplantation. Clinical presentations of cytomegalovirus infection range from asymptomatic infection to organ-specific involvement. Most symptomatic infections manifest as fever and cytopenia. The gastrointestinal tract is the most common site of tissue-invasive infection, often presenting as diarrhea or gastrointestinal bleeding...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Roopa Kulkarni, Professor of Anatomy, M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore-560054, Karnataka, India. Phone No.: 080.23327302, Mobile: 9880134985. E-Mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: 1 Professor of Anatomy, M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India. 2 Associate Professor of Anatomy, M S Ramaiah Medical Col...