Q: Who performs a radionuclide scan? A: A radionuclide scan is carried out by a nuclear medicine specialist trained in the procedure. A: This varies from country to country and also depends on your ...

Ureter: Tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder. Urethra: The tube through which urine leaves the body. It empties urine from the bladder. Diuretic: A drug that increases the production ...

Background A 59-year-old man was admitted to hospital for investigation of a 1-year history of intermittent hematuria. He had undergone ileal ureteral replacement for left renal stones 36 years ...

A collaborative physician engagement strategy to reduce oncology care variation across a clinically integrated network. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

Systemic amyloidosis is a major cause of renal injury, mostly due to direct kidney damage caused by deposits of abnormal protein called amyloid, in the kidney parenchyma. In patients with cardiac ...

This was an observational, descriptive, retrospective, single-center study of cases of nephrectomies for non-functional ...

A 37-year-old man with progressive chronic renal failure (which started in the first year after a kidney transplant 15 years earlier) presented for evaluation of a nonproductive cough. There was no ...