Pediatric Urology Case Reports

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Authors: Deidra C. Crews, Aminu K. Bello and Gamal Saadi; for the World Kidney Day Steering Committee

Kidney disease is a global public health problem, affecting over 750 million persons worldwide. In many settings, rates of kidney disease and the provision of its care are defined by socio-economic, cultural, and political factors leading to significant disparities. World Kidney Day 2019 offers an opportunity to raise awareness of kidney disease and highlight disparities in its burden and current state of global capacity for prevention and management.

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Authors: Tunc Ozdemir, Ali Sayan, Ahmet Arikan

We herein report two patients who underwent Leadbetter-Politano ureterocystoneostomy whose ureters were passed through sigmoid colon during operation. Presentations and treatment strategies of these patients were discussed.

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Authors: Erika Llorens de Knecht, Santiago Guadarrama Vega, Claudia Quintian Schwieters, Anna Bujons Tur

Thrombosis of an extraspermatic blood vessel has been reported to be an unusual cause of acute scrotum. We describe the case of a 7-year-old boy who presented with an acute painful left scrotal swelling. Imaging demonstrated a heterogeneous left scrotal mass, which was surgically resected. The anatomopathologic study revealed a thrombosed vascular structure. Three months later, another extraspermatic venous thrombosis occurred and was also resected. A complete thrombophilia study was done. A G20210A prothrombin gene heterozygous mutation was identified as the cause of the thrombotic event. A venous thrombosis should be considered as a possible cause of acute scrotum in European Caucasian patients, due to its increased prevalence. We reviewed the G20210A prothrombin gene mutation, which is associated with thrombosis.