Movable kidney and intermitting hydronephrosis : a thesis for the degree of M.D. Aberdeen / by G.D. Knight.

  • Knight, George Davis.
Date:
1893
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    Sex. Age. ] Cidiicy. History and Symptoms. 69 M. Left. Repeated attacks of renal (left) colic. Not very severe. Increase in size of left kidney. Attacks lasted forty-eight to fifty-six hours, and recurred every four to seven weeks. On cessation of pain swelling diminished, and a flow of concentrated urine followed. Urine normal. 70 M. 49 Right, History of injury to left side, followed by pain in right side under liver and discovery of a tumour there. It was freely movable. Attacks lasted five to six hours. Sometimes vomiting and diarrhoea. Attacks were worse after exercise and improved with rest. Occasional sudden suppression of urine. Urine was quite healthy when it could be examined. 71 F. •• Left. Had movable kidney (left), followed by development of a tumour with acute pain in left loin. Increase in size of tumour and diminution of urine. Subsidence in twenty-four hours with increased urinary flow. Whole attack lasted six to eight days. 72 F. 30 Right. Suffered from a tumour in right loin, which with rest in bed and elevation of the pelvis on pillows suddenly disappeared, with increased flow of urine. 73 F. 14 Left. A Hindoo girl. Had never menstruated. A large tumour in the left side. 74 M. 31 Double. Symptoms commenced at the age of twenty-eight with acute pains in right side after running. Gradually got worse and more paroxysmal. Vomiting frequent and at all times. Haemorrhage from the stomach. Urine often scanty, albuminous, and occasionally sanguineous. 75 F. 30 Right Two years previously had hsematuria after Ufting a weight, A tumour followed in the right loin. Slightly fluctuating. Acute pains in the right side, followed in a short time by abundant flow of urine and disappearance of tumour. Frequently repeated. 76 F. 38 Right Family tuberculous. Mother died of cancer. For two years had suffered from pains in right flank, followed by a tumour, which at times increased with most acute pain, to the size of two fists. Very tender. Urine normal. Spontaneous disappearance on rubbing of the tumour, leaving sensation of an empty sac.