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A Muolo

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Serum gastrin levels in patients with renal failure on maintenance haemodialysis and after successful kidney transplantation.

Chronic renal failure in man is associated with a hypergastrinaemia which is not corrected by haemodialysis. Serum gastrin concentrations were measured in 66 patients on maintenance haemodialysis and in 27 patients after successful kidney transplantation. The basal gastrin levels distinguished 2 groups of patients on maintenance haemodialysis: a first group with gastrin values less than or equal to 120 pg/ml (mean 58+/-29.88 pg/ml) and a second group with gastrin values greater than 120 pg/ml (mean 295+/-257 pg/ml). The onset of urine output after kidney transplantation was associated with a dramatic fall in gastrin concentration (3 patients studied in the early post-transplant period). 24 patients with stabilized transplant function had serum gastrin levels less than 120 pg/ml (mean 21.33+/- 17.29 pg/ml). The gastrin response to a standard protein meal depended on the basal gastrin concentration and was different in patients with renal failure on maintenance haemodialysis and those with a successful kidney transplantation.

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[Renal-colonic-cutaneous fistula secondary to xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis].

The appearance of intestinal fistulas secondary to kidney disease is a rare occurrence. Even rarer are complex fistulas involving several organs or systems [correction of apparati]. In this study, the authors report on a case of reno-colo-cutaneous fistula which set in as a complication of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.

Colonic Diseases↗
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[10 cases of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis].

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP) is a chronic inflammation of the kidney usually associated with renal stones, recurrent urinary tract infections or endocrine disorders. A correct preoperative diagnosis is rarely made, since no specific clinical or radiological pattern is known. Differential diagnosis must include renal tuberculosis and renal carcinoma. Ten cases of XGP are reported. Clinical findings, radiological and pathological features, biolaboratory abnormalities are discussed.

Adult↗