Obliteration of normal renal parenchyma by kidney cancer is associated with worse oncologic outcomes, according to a recent study. The study of 1122 patients with nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma ...

Systemic amyloidosis is a major cause of renal injury, mostly due to direct kidney damage caused by deposits of abnormal protein called amyloid, in the kidney parenchyma. In patients with cardiac ...

Biopsy results support a SARS-CoV-2 kidney tropism in both proximal and distal tubules, according to the investigators, despite the absence of definitive ultrastructural evidence. COVID-19-associated ...

A man in his 50s presented with persistent left flank pain, imaging revealed a non-functioning hydronephrotic left kidney with multiple calculi and thinning of the renal parenchyma, prompting a ...

Experts recently developed 23 consensus practice points/statements regarding the use of nephrectomy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Regardless of when it was performed in ...