DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Renal US
Renal cell carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC, also known as hypernephroma) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, the very small tubes in the kidney that filter the blood and remove waste products. RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, responsible for approximately 80% of cases. It is also known to be the most lethal of all the genitourinary tumors. Initial treatment is most commonly a radical or partial nephrectomy and remains the mainstay of curative treatment. Where the tumour is confined to the renal parenchyma, the 5-year survival rate is 60-70%, but this is lowered considerably where metastases have spread...
Renal US - List of case studies
- List of Examinations
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scan Abdominal MR with contrast medium Abdominal US Abdominal Ultrasound Abdominal aorthography Abdominal ... Haemochrome tests Haemoglobin Haepatic and renal function Haepatic echography Haptoglobin Hb count ...
- End Stage Renal Disease
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Renal Disease short_summary: ... has) and have > 5 years of waiting time accrued in the US. Therefore, a patient living abroad this is unlikely to be an option at ...
- Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas
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discovered incidentally during radiographic (CT, MRI, US) investigations of the chest, abdomen and pelvis for other conditions. This ... from co-morbid conditions such as cardiac, pulmonary, or renal disease. The mortality rate in a good-risk patient undergoing elective ...
- Nephroblastoma (Wilms’ Tumor)
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of left abdominal swelling. The reports of the abdominal US, total body CT together with normal values of catecholamine metabolites seem ... x-ray, blood chemistry tests, blood count, platelet count, renal function tests, liver function tests, serum calcium, urinalysis, ...
- Cystic Pleuro-Pulmonary Blastoma – additional opinion
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mg/dl; ° Ferritin: 71.36 ng/ml; ° Haepatic and renal function, electrolytes within normal limits; ° LDH:336U/L; ° IgG: ... thoracoscopy, hematochemical examinations, Haepatic and renal function, electrolytes, Bone scintigraphy, CT scan, thoracoscopic biopsy, ...
- Possible Anorexia, Vomiting, Failure to Gain Weight and Linear Growth Retardation
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ultra-sound for pyloric stenosis – normal renal function – normal metabolic disorders – normal Brain MRI ... • Check of many genetic disorders done in the US (see attached) found nothing as well. ...
- Nocturnal enuresis treated by Minirin
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I assume that his renal US and VCUG are both normal. In the absence of anatomical problems, I ...
- Multiple myeloma with renal involvement, bone lesions and Neuropathy
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myeloma (MM), apparently of the IgA-Lambda type, with renal involvement. The disease course is characterized by "ups and downs ... be related to the hematological disease, this will force us to renew the more active aggressive anti-MM therapy . If this is the ...
- Stage 4 Neuroblastoma
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to carry out hemochrome, electrolytes and hepatic and renal function.” - June, 2009 the CYCLE C chemotherapy treatment ... After high dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue, in the US we would potentially treat with oral "maintenance" retinoic acid ...
- ABO-incompatible (ABOI) renal transplantation
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Renal Transplantation short_summary: ... sessions are done over a period of 9 days. In the US plasmapheresis is used instead of IA filters. Splenectomy is rarely used ...