Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to H Birzele.
The report describes a case of radiation damage to a kidney due to radiotherapy of a sarcoma of the muscles of the back. The characteristic clinical, pathological and histological findings and the results of X-ray investigation are presented in detail.
The retrocaval ureter is a rare malformation and may simulate acute appendicitis. Diagnosis shoud be made by a lateral X-ray view of the inferior vena cava and the ureter simultaneously. Surgical treatment is mandatory in the case of flank pain and consists of nephrectomy or dismembered pyeloplasty in front of the vena cava inferior or finally, dismembered angioplasty of the vena cava inferior behind the ureter.