This article presents the role of nuclear medicine procedures in investigating renal and parenchymal disease, as well as upper urinary tract abnormalities. More specifically, the use of scintigraphy ...

Renal cancer articles from across Nature Portfolio Renal cancer refers to all malignancies that occur within the kidney. Subtypes include renal cell carcinoma and Wilms tumours.

This review presents a concise update of nongenomic effects of aldosterone on the mammalian renal tubule. Emphasis is placed on ion transport proteins regulated by aldosterone through nongenomic ...

The anastomosing hemangioma is a recent described rare variant, which histologically simulates an angiosarcoma and occurs primarily in the genitourinary tract. We present a case of renal anastomosing ...

Investigators identified factors associated with sustained complete renal response in lupus nephritis. Achieving sustained complete renal response is feasible in patients with lupus nephritis.

The subadventitial type does not display a characteristic angigraphic appearance. FMD most commonly affects the renal arteries (85%) creating renovascular hypertension.

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is a heterogenous disease with poor 5-year overall survival (OS) at 14%. Patients with mRCC to endocrine organs historically have prolonged OS. Pancreatic ...

Our data identify the renal system as a central hub of this paraneoplastic syndrome model, wherein the pericardial nephrocytes undergo severe damage due to an elevated immune response triggered by gut ...

A bruit is not always diagnostic of transplant renal artery stenosis because a bruit may be caused by altered blood flow in the iliac arteries.

INTRODUCTION: Renal hemangioma is a relatively rare benign tumor, seldom diagnosed as a cause of hematuria. CASE REPORT: A female 40-year old patient presented with continuous gross hematuria, anemia ...

Multiple types of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blockers exist, allowing interference with the system at the level of renin, angiotensin-converting enzyme, or the angiotensin II receptor. Yet, in ...