Biomedical subjects

G Ughi

Publications and source records attributed to G Ughi.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed2000

Renal infarction: an uncommon mimic presenting with flank pain.

A 39-year-old woman arrived to the emergency department complaining of a constant, progressive, left flank pain, with no beneficial effect from spasmolytic and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs. Two years before, she suffered another episode of right flank pain and stranguria, but instrumental examinations (ultrasonography, urography) remained negative. Besides a mild tenderness in the left flank, physical examination was normal. Blood chemistry panel showed leukocytosis (17.2 x 10(3) mL, neutrophils 82.8%) and a slight increase of serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (543 U/L versus 230 to 460 U/L). Urinanalysis showed a slight hemoglobinuria (0.5 mg/dL), and sediment contained some red cells and leukocytes. Diagnostic examinations (ultrasonography, computed tomography) showed a left renal nonhomogeneous space-occupying lesion, orientative for renal malignancy. She was transferred to the urology department and operated. Both intraoperatory and histological diagnosis was ischemic infarction and, after exclusion of all possible underlying causes, final diagnosis was idiopathic renal infarction. Diagnostic procedures and literature reports are discussed.

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PubMed1999

Metastatic ulcerative penile Crohn's disease.

Metastatic Crohn's disease (MCD) is a cutaneous granulomatous reaction which affects patients with bowel disease in areas of the skin distant from the affected bowel. Penile involvement is a very uncommon observation. We report a case of penile ulcerative MCD in a 37-year-old man, which requested surgical management. The lesion developed during reactivation of the bowel disease.

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PubMed1990

[Diagnostic screening of varicocele: role of echography and Doppler examination in our experience with 216 cases of primary varicocele].

We compared two non-invasive methods to evaluate primary varicoceles: ultrasonography and Doppler examination. We submitted to ultrasonography and Doppler 216 patients, 147 of them were treated by sclerotherapy and 69 by surgery. All ultrasonographic studies were performed by means of a real-time equipment (7.5 Mhz transducer), while Doppler examination was performed with continuous wave equipment. Ultrasonographic findings are reliable for testicular morphology. Doppler examination is useful to evaluate reversed flow. In 4.1% of cases ultrasonography did not agree with the Doppler examination.

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PubMed1990

[Staplers in bladder sutures].

Staplers are still little used for suturing a cystotomy. The basic reason for this reluctance is the inadvisability of using non-absorbable material in the lumen of the urinary tract, as this may be the nucleus for the formation of stones. It must be remembered, however, that a correct suture of a cystotomy should be carried out in two layers: one internal mucous layer, consisting of a continuous suture of absorbable material, and a more superficial suture of the margins of the vesical detrusor. The latter can be performed with a linear stapler, as it is completely outside the mucous layer. More recently, linear staplers with absorbable staples have appeared on the market, by which cystotomy sutures can be performed in a single layer.

Evaluation Studies as Topic↗