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22/Nov/2024
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024RC1220
ABSTRACT A nephropulmonary fistula is a rare complication of a non-functioning kidney, associated with a history of infection. Medical literature describes it as an adult disease in the pre-antibiotic era, and nowadays, is a rare complication. This study reports the case of a patient with nephrolithiasis who developed a nephropulmonary fistula resulting in the migration of renal coralliform stones to the lung parenchyma. The treatment included posterior mini-thoracotomy with partial costectomy of the 9th right costal arch, pneumonotomy for the […]
Keywords: Coralliform stone; Drainage; Fistula; Kidney; Lung abscess; Migration; Nephrolithiasis; Nephropulmonary fistula
22/Mar/2022
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2022RC6484
ABSTRACT We describe the case of a female patient with calcification in renal topography, initially diagnosed as lithiasis in the left kidney, and later attributed to calcification of intrarenal vascular aneurysm. Next, we discuss the relevance of considering such an entity in the differential diagnoses of intrarenal calcifications before choosing any form of specific interventional treatment.
Keywords: Aneurysm; Lithiasis; Nephrolithiasis; Renal artery; Vascular calcification
01/Oct/2011
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082011GS2143
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate costs associated to hospital treatment of urinary lithiasis in the Brazilian public health system as well as to evaluate demographic and epidemiological data referred to hospital admissions in the Brazilian public health system (or unified health care system). Methods: Data from the Informatic Department of Brazilian public health system were obtained as referred to costs in hospital admissions for urinary lithiasis during 2010 and also epidemiological data from 1996 through 2010. Results: There were 69,039 hospital […]
Keywords: Brazil; Costs and cost analysis; Epidemiology; Nephrolithiasis; Urinary calculi/economics