A 74-year-old man presented with right flank pain and a palpable mass in the left flank. Blood pressure was normal. Contrastenhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a 17 × 16 × 12 cm retroperitoneal mass over the left kidney, solid and heterogeneous. There were also 3 retro aortic lymph nodes and bilateral renal lithiasis. Twenty four-hour urinary metanephrines and normetanephrines were normal....

Nowadays people worldwide uses several medicinal plants especially for curing urinary lithiasis.Ammivisnagais extensively distributed plant used management of numerous diseases including urinarylithiasis.Cymbopogonproximus or called Halfa-bar suggested use in medicine the ejection uretericand renal calculi.Ammivisnagaand Halfa-barfound Asia and parts world. This study aimedat investigating comp...

PURPOSE Urinary pH is an important factor linked to renal stone disease and a useful marker in the treatment of urolithiasis. Although the gold standard for measuring urinary pH utilizes a glass electrode and a pH meter, at present dipstick testing is largely used to estimate urinary pH. However, the accuracy and precision of this method may be insufficient for making clinical decisions in pati...

Urinary diseases have affected humankind since ancient time and can persist, with serious medical consequences, throughout the world. Additionally, the incidence of renal disorders especially kidney stones have been enhanced in western countries in the last decades, in relation with economic development. It seems that acute and chronic renal failure and lithiasis (stone formation) occurred due ...

INTRODUCTION The choice of ideal treatment for a given lithiasis is a crucial factor for its success, minimizing the number of interventions and complications. Previous determination of stone composition and its fragility is desirable, to predict its behavior during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and for evaluation of its appropriateness, or to set the indication for other techniques. ...

Rational prophylaxis of uric acid lithiasis comprises two principles: increase of uric acid solubility in the urine achieved by raising the urinary pH (Peters and Van Slyke, 1946; Prien, 1955; Sperling and de Vries, 1964), and decrease of urinary uric acid (UUA) concentration, achieved by raising urine volume and decrease of UUA excretion. Whereas a rise inurinarypH is easily attained by oral a...

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease characterized by hyperglycemia, as a result of abnormal insulin production, insulin function, or both. DM is associated with systemic complications, such as infections, neuropathy and angiopathy, which involve the genitourinary tract. The three most significant urologic complications include: bladder cystopathy, sexual dysfunction and urinary tract in...