gers. 4. Calculus present on sounding. Treatment.?Castor-oil 3'i.i at ni^lit. Enema of soap and water in the morning. 15tli March 1890.?Lateral lithotomy under chloroform after sounding once again, when calculus was present. The operation was straightforward and took about 15 minutes. Calculus oval in form ; yellow in colour ; flat surfaces Y x 1"; weight 30 grains composed of urates. After tre...

We report a 52 year old patient presenting with a bladder stone formed over a migrated intrauterine device (Copper-T). Her history was pertinent for intrauterine contraceptive (IUCD) device placement 10 years back. Investigations included plain ultrasound of abdomen, X-ray of abdomen, urinalysis, and urine culture. Ultrasound and plain X-ray of the pelvis confirmed a bladder stone formed over a...

Leiomyoma of the urinary bladder is a rare benign mesenchymal tumour. We describe here a case of leiomyoma of the urinary bladder in a 65-year-old gentleman who presented with haematuria, passage of clots and combined obstructive and irritative urinary symptoms. The investigations revealed a vesical calculus and a mass on the left lateral wall of the urinary bladder. Cystolitholapaxy and transu...

objective(s):familial mediterranean fever (fmf), an inherited autosomal recessive disorder, is frequently present among individuals of mediterranean origin. differences in the clinical manifestations of fmf between different ethnic groups have been documented. the aim of the present study was to determine the most common characteristics of fmf and the relationship between clinical findings and ...

Amyloidosis is induced by deposition of amyloid proteins in various organs. Both systemic and localized type amyloidosis present with a variety of skin manifestations. Based on biochemical and immunological aspects, amyloid proteins are subdivided into several subtypes from different origins. Amyloid fibrils in primary and multiple myelomaassociated systemic amyloidosis are composed of immunogl...

Amyloidosis refers to a group of protein misfolding diseases characterized by deposition of a particular amyloid protein in various organs and tissues of animals and humans. Although there are other components present in the deposit, the amyloid protein fibril is the main component of the amyloid substance. The amyloid substance differs in protein composition depending upon the types of amyloid...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic utility of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) levels in discriminating cardiac amyloidosis from patients with cardiac hypertrophy caused by aetiologies other than cardiac amyloidosis. METHODS AND RESULTS Serum hs-cTnT levels were measured in 96 patients with cardiac amyloidosis (light chain: 23, wild-type transthyretin amyloi...

Introduction An 80-year-old man with a previous history of recurrent urinary tract infections presented with intermittent, painful and whole stream gross haematuria for 2 months. Physical examination was unrevealing. The result of urine cytology was negative for malignancy. Intravenous pyelography (IVP) revealed left hydronephrosis with obstruction at left ureterovesical junction, radiolucent f...

Thomson and Miles in their Manual of Surgery, 1909, p. 713, state that " little is known of the rate of growth of vesical stone " and that " Guyon believes that a uric acid stone takes several years to attain a diameter of two inches." The following case, as throwing a little light on this point, may be of interest. R., a patient from Farah, Afghanistan, was operated on for vesical calculus by ...