An 83-year-old man presents with painless gross hematuria. The patient's history is notable for a 50 pack-year history of smoking. He is afebrile with a blood pressure of 128/64. Physical examination is notable for an enlarged prostate but shows no rash, edema, or abnormal abdominal ...
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When presented with a patient with hematuria, Dr. Lulich advised veterinarians to first perform a urinalysis to determine whether the hematuria is due to hemolysis or hemorrhage. "This will also help you decide what test to do next," he said. "Red urine that is positive for occult blood an...
Lastly, a recent case report demonstrates how other proteins can also form obstructing intratubular casts that mimic light chain casts but are due to other etiologies. In a report of solid tumor paraneoplastic cast nephropathy, a patient with a mixed acinar-neuroendocrine carcinoma developed acute ...
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Patients 2, 3, and 4 underwent sigmoid resection, transanal rectal mucosectomy, and a coloanal anastomosis, with minor YAG laser therapy in one patient. Blood loss during surgery was minimal. Follow-up ranged from 1.5 to 4 years. All have excellent sphincter control with no incontinence. No ...
EP. 1: Outlining the Current First-Line Treatment Landscape in Metastatic Urothelial Cancer: Starting With a Cisplatin-Ineligible Patient Case Thomas Powles MBBS, MRCP, MD November 22nd 2024 Thomas Powles, MBBS, MRCP, MD, discusses how upon examining an elderly patient experiencing ...
The patients with − ∆CtmiR-34a > −0.383 are classified as high-risk. The remaining patients pass to the second step where they are evaluated for miR-200a and miR-193a; if the patient shows both −∆CtmiR-200a > 2.378 and −∆CtmiR-193a > −2.312, he/she is ...
but urethritis is not a common feature of the disease. The presence of urethritis in a uveitic patient with joint pain can give a clue to the diagnosis of reactive arthritis (previously called Reiter’s Syndrome). Also, circinate balanitis is a common feature of reactive arthritis. Circinat...
Hall CL, Bradley R, Kerr A et al (2004) Clinical value of renal biopsy in patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria with and without low-grade proteinuria. Clin Nephrol 62:267–272 Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Haring CM, Rietveld A, van den Brand JAJG, Berden JHM (2012) Seg...