Clinical effect of LM-001, a prostaglandin synthetic inhibitor developed from a drug delivery system, was evaluated in 54 patients with pain from urinary tract stones (stone pain) and 32 with vesical urgency after an operation on bladder or prostate. LM-001, felbinac ethyl incorporated in lipid microsphere, wes intravenously administered at the onset of stone pain or vesical urgency. Of 54 with...

systemic amyloidosis is a very rare complication of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). the reported cases of secondary amyloidosis in children with ibd are much fewer than those reported in adults. herein, a teenage boy with crohn’s disease is presented who developed nephrotic syndrome due to renal involvement secondary to amyloidosis, whereas the patient was under treatment with corticosteroid ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The kidney is the organ most commonly involved in systemic amyloidosis. This study reports the largest clinicopathologic series of renal amyloidosis. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS This study provides characteristics of 474 renal amyloidosis cases evaluated at the Mayo Clinic Renal Pathology Laboratory from 2007 to 2011, including age, sex, serum creat...

Hyperimmunization of horses with specific antigens to harvest antisera is associated with high incidence of liver amyloidosis. The histopathologic examination is the gold standard method for diagnosis of the hepatic amyloidosis. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the clinical manifestations and serum values of appropriate chemical constituents due to liver injury, provide the...

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OBJECTIVE Vesical perforation during transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is usually related to high increases in intravesical pressure. However, it may rarely be related to explosion precipitated by the contact of the electrocautery with some gases produced during the resections. The authors present a case of vesical explosion, discuss its mechanism and suggest some measures for prev...

Amyloidosis is a rare disorder characterised by the deposition of abnormal protein fibrills in various tissues and organs.In context multiple myeloma,a plasma cell dyscrasia amyloidosis can occur as distinct complication, referred to myeloma associated amyloidosis.

BACKGROUND Amyloid deposition in heart is a common occurrence in systemic amyloidosis. But localised valvular amyloid deposits are very uncommon. It was only in 1922 that the cases of valvular amyloidosis were reported. Then in 1980, Goffin et al reported another type of valvular amyloidosis, which he called the dystrophic valvular amyloidosis. We report a case of aortic valve amyloidosis which...