Appendicitis
Fig. 21.1 Computed tomography scan of the lower abdomen showing a calcified fecolith at the center of an inflamed appendix mass in the right iliac fossa A number of clinical…
Other Colitides
Descending colon 37 % Splenic flexure 33 % Sigmoid colon 24 % Transverse colon 9 % Ascending colon 7 % Rectum 3 % 18.3.5 Diagnostic Procedures Laboratory Studies Nonspecific laboratory…
Indeterminate Colitis
Ulcerative colitis Crohn’s disease Localization within gastrointestinal tract Especially colon and rectum Whole gastrointestinal tract Ileum Not except in backwash ileitis Often involved Colon Left > right Right >…
History of the Division of Coloproctology
Country National colorectal society Annual colorectal meeting Specialized colorectal training Colorectal fellowship Board of colorectal surgery Austria No Part of General Surgery No No No Belgium Yes Part of General…
Perianal Skin Conditions
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2017Alexander Herold, Paul-Antoine Lehur, Klaus E. Matzel and P. Ronan O’Connell (eds.)ColoproctologyEuropean Manual of Medicine10.1007/978-3-662-53210-2_7 7. Perianal Skin Conditions Brian Kirby1 (1) Department of Dermatology, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, Ireland …
Direct Bacterial Infection of the Renal Parenchyma: Pyelonephritis in Native Kidneys
(a) Conditions favoring APN and increasing the clinical severity Age >65 years Diabetes Cancer Pregnancy Urinary tract obstruction Urinary tract anatomic/functional abnormalities Immunosuppression Broad antibiotic resistance Neurologic bladder Hospital-acquired infection Urethral catheter,…
Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis
Fig. 1.1 An enlarged glomerulus shows diffuse endocapillary hypercellularity with numerous neutrophils and closure of all glomerular capillaries. The glomerulus is increased in size and cellularity, H&E, ×200 Fig. 1.2 Acute diffuse…
Infection-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy
Primary TMA syndromes Hereditary disorders ADAMTS13 deficiency-mediated TMA (also called TTP) Complement-mediated TMA Coagulation-mediated TMA Acquired disorders ADAMTS13 deficiency-mediated TMA (also called TTP) Shiga toxin-mediated TMA (also called ST-HUS) Drug-mediated…
Endocarditis-Associated Glomerulonephritis
Fig. 4.1 Two glomeruli with segmental necrosis and one with a cellular crescent (glomerulus on the left) in a 62-year-old male with crescentic glomerulonephritis associated with mitral valve Streptococcus viridans infective…
Staphylococcus Infection-Associated Glomerulonephritis
Clinicopathologic features n % Age (years) 55 ± 12.1 (21–91) Ethnicity Caucasian 74 95 African American 3 3.8 Asian 1 1.2 Gender Males 61 78 Females 17 22 Diabetes mellitus 32 41…
