The medical imaging and clinical histories of three cases of haematoma of the urinary bladder in paediatrics were reviewed retrospectively. The sonographic findings are unique and diagnostic. Three distinctive sonographic features were observed. The haematomas were large, occupying most of the bladder lumen. They showed an echogenic thick, smooth rim ...

A case of superior vesical fissure is presented to discuss the embryologic origin of the anomaly. In view of the simplicity of the anomaly and the discrepancies between the characteristics of superior vesical fissure and bladder exstrophy, superior vesical fissure is suggested to be a distinct clinical entity with an ...

We report a case of adenocarcinoma of the urachus showing extensive calcification and stromal osseous metaplasia, arising in the bladder dome of a 51-years-old man. The patient underwent partial cystectomy, including in block excision of the entire urachus and umbilicus, and remains well, free from symptoms after a 22-month follow-up ...

We report on a boy born with complete penoscrotal transposition, normal scrotum, twisted penile shaft with hypoplastic penile urethra, meatal stenosis, normal bladder, and bilateral cystic dysplastic kidneys. The patient died of renal failure at 2.5 months. This is the 13th reported case of complete penoscrotal transposition with normal scrotum. ...

The bladder is partially involved in 1 to 4% of all inguinal hernias. However, few cases of massive inguinoscrotal herniation of the bladder have been described, all of which have involved unilateral hydronephrosis. We report on a 45-year-old man with incomplete voiding and massively enlarged right scrotum along with elevated ...

Neomycin is known for its ototoxicity after many different methods of administration of the drug. Neomycin sometimes is used for bladder irrigation in patients with urinary tract infections when other treatments fail. To our knowledge toxicity after bladder instillation of neomycin has not been reported previously. We report a case ...

This paper reports on two patients with carcinoid tumours of the gall bladder who presented to the Aberdeen hospitals during the period 1970 to 1990 and reviews all previously reported cases in published works.

We describe here 17 cases of fetal gall bladder anomalies, detected as early as the 14th week of gestation, out of 10,016 fetal systemic examinations performed by us in the last 6 years (0.15 per cent). In seven cases, agenesis of the fetal gall bladder was detected. The diagnosis was ...

We describe a 14-year-old boy with a solitary cavernous hemangioma in the proximal small intestine that caused recalcitrant iron deficiency anemia beginning at 3 years of age. After a number of attempts to ascertain the cause of the anemia were unsuccessful, the vascular tumor was ultimately diagnosed in the jejunum, ...

We report a case of adenocarcinoma arising in the ileal segment of an ileocystoplasty which had remained defunctionalized for 22 years, after conversion to the ileal conduit. In our case, inflammation or previous radiation as well as urine exposure are suggested to have participated in the development of the carcinoma ...

Two cases of diffuse cavernous haemangioma of the rectum are reported and a thorough review of the world literature with a sum of 79 patients is done. We advocate low anterior resections for the treatment of this disease; sleeve resections are not necessary, since the recurrent bleeding and complication rates ...

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin has been established as one of the most active agents for the treatment of superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder. Although complications do occur with this agent, they are usually transient and mild. Two cases are herein reported in which dystrophic calcification of the urinary bladder occurred ...

We present 12 cases of benign atypical vascular lesions of the lip with cytologic or architectural features that raised microscopically the possibility of angiosarcoma. The patterns encountered in these lesions, sometimes in combination, were the following: lobular capillary hemangioma in five cases; intravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia in five cases; epithelioid ...

A case of gangrenous cystitis in a 67-year-old woman is reported. Associated etiological factors include invasive recurrent carcinoma of the cervix, radiotherapy and atherosclerosis. Primary infection was not a feature. The patient was treated with antibiotics, bladder drainage and total cystectomy with complete recovery. The etiology and management of this ...

Cavernous hemangioma, a rare vascular hamartoma, in the cavernous sinus is described in this report. This case showed a slowly progressive course, which first involved the right optic nerve, followed by the left optic nerve, and then the right oculomotor, trochlear, abducens, and trigeminal nerves. Cavernous hemangioma should be suspected ...

Acalculous cholecystitis is usually seen in critically-ill patients while torsion of the gall-bladder tends to arise de novo, pre-disposed to by an absent mesentery. There are ultrasonic features in common but the most useful distinguishing finding is the sign of the 'floating gall-bladder'. A case is reported and the ultrasound ...

Renal hemangiomas are rare neoplasms of the kidney, and the number of cases reported in the literature are about 200 since the original description by Virchow in 1867. Among these, only a few have been examined by the combination of ultrasound, computed tomography, and angiography. We present a demonstrative case ...

Serum and urine concentrations of fibrin (-ogen) degradation products (FDP) were estimated in 20 proven Russell's viper bite (RVB) cases with severe defribination. All patients had similar degrees of high serum FDP levels. However, the ten who developed into acute renal failure (ARF) had significantly (p < 0.001) higher urinary ...

A rare case of an ulcerated hemangioma of the upper arm in a neonate is described herein. Resection of the huge hemangioma, which occupied the axilla and extended down the entire length of the upper arm, was necessary due to massive hemorrhage from the ulcer and progressive heart failure caused ...

A case is presented of a woman who developed obstructive jaundice secondary to dysplastic mucinous papillomatosis two years after she had undergone cholecystectomy and exploration of the common bile duct. The gall bladder was dysplastic. It is suggested that the dysplastic glands removed from the common bile duct at the ...

The case of a young woman with focal dystonia of the hand due to a cavernous angioma of the basal ganglia is presented. The lesion involved the anterior third of the lentiform nucleus and a large portion of white matter anterior to this nucleus and lateral to the head of ...

Two cases are reported that demonstrate significant activity of the new antifungal agent, fluconazole, in treating urinary tract fungal infections. One patient was severely immunocompromised with the underlying complication of renal failure and the other presented with a much simpler case of candidal cystitis that responded quickly despite unfavorable in ...

A case of an adolescent who sustained necrosis of the entire ureter after attempted endopyelotomy for congenital ureteropelvic junction obstruction is presented. Successful reconstruction of a neoureter was performed easily with the Boari bladder flap coupled with nephropexy and a psoas hitch. Although repair of upper ureteral injuries with the ...

We report a case of fatal abdominal thorotrast granuloma seen in a 65-year-old man who had undergone a femoral angiography of thorotrast with some accidental extravasation 49 years previously. As the thorotrast granuloma gradually increased in size, it caused ureteral obstruction, venous thrombosis, and perforation of the urinary bladder and ...

Continent urinary reservoirs have increasingly become popular during the last decade but they are associated with long-term complications. We report a case of huge multiple stones in an ileocecal reservoir, which formed as a result of noncompliance with intermittent self-catheterization. An open method was required for removal of the stones ...

Adrenal hemangiomas are rare. To our knowledge, about 22 cases have been reported in the literature, of which 13 cases were surgically removed. We report probably the first case of CT and angiographically diagnosed and surgically confirmed adrenal hemangioma in Taiwan. We concluded that characteristic appearances on computed tomogram and ...

Fungal prostatitis is an uncommon disease whose presentation is usually similar to that of benign prostatic hypertrophy and is usually diagnosed unexpectedly after surgery for relief of prostatic obstruction. To our knowledge, we report the first case of prostatic aspergillosis that developed as a complication of indwelling bladder catheterization. This ...

Three cases of symptomatic cavernous angioma occurring in the 1st year of life are presented. All three patients were treated with radical extirpation. Postoperatively, two of them improved, but the third died due to cerebral herniation secondary to recurrence of bleeding of the lesion. The clinical characteristics of cavernous angioma ...

Bladder augmentation has evolved into a common method of management in children with a low capacity and/or poorly compliant bladder secondary to a neuropathic condition. We report on a 4-year-old girl with myelodysplasia who presented with sepsis and who had a perforation of the augmented bladder, which was surgically repaired. ...

The hydraulic ileal valve ensures urinary continence and can be employed in many different reservoirs. The valve is constructed by isolating a 14 cm long intestinal loop with its mesentery. The isolated ileal segment is then folded inward on itself throughout its length. This hydraulic valve was used in the ...

We present 2 patients who developed stones (6 and 57 g) in the ileal conduit; the first stone was passed and the second required surgical removal; its nidus was a surgical staple. After a review of the literature which includes 25 other cases of stones in ileal conduits, as well ...

Although we have progressed very well in creating large capacity, low pressure reservoirs, the construction of a simple and reliable continent outlet still remains a problem. The appendix vermiformis serves well as a continence mechanism for either the bladder or intestinal reservoirs for urine. The different surgical techniques described in ...

The case of a woman with a placenta percreta invading the urinary bladder treated by hysterectomy and partial bladder resection is presented. It is emphasized that if physicians in an emergency clinic are aware of this rare condition, preoperative diagnosis can be made and surgical intervention may be accomplished under ...

A large hemangioma of the cervix was treated successfully with the neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) laser. A survey of the literature disclosed 39 cases of hemangioma of the cervix and vagina. Hysterectomy was the primary mode of therapy in 15 cases. More conservative approaches have been used in young women requesting preservation ...

Hemangiomas of the bladder and prostate are rare. There have only been approximately 80 cases described in the literature, the majority of which were of bladder origin. Treatment has varied from partial cystectomy to use of the neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd-YAG) laser. Herein, we report a case of vesical ...

In a clinicopathological study of 376 cases of gall bladder diseases, chronic granulomatous cholecystitis was diagnosed in 17 specimens (4.52%). All these cases presented with pain in the right hypochondrium and a non-functioning gall bladder. Besides cholegranulomas and xanthogranulomas, 5 cases presented with localised yellowish brown areas in the wall ...

A case of large protruding cystitis glandularis is reported. A 36-year-old man was admitted to our hospital due to acute cholecystitis, and large protruding masses were incidentally found in the urinary bladder by abdominal ultrasonography. The histological study revealed that they consisted of a large number of Brunn's nests with ...

We present a case of a kidney stone that developed around a surgical staple which refluxed up to the kidney following a Bricker urinary diversion and bilateral ureteroileal anastomosis. A GIA stapler had been utilized to construct the ileal conduit. The stone was retrieved by means of flexible ureterorenoscopy through ...

This report documents the successful treatment of a hemangioma (strawberry hemangioma) at 5 weeks of age with the argon laser. The natural course of strawberry hemangioma of infancy is well known. It begins as a very small spot and develops very rapidly within the first few weeks of life. Many ...

A 28-year-old woman had a partially nonexertional dyspnea and a murmur of pulmonary stenosis. Echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass causing a nearly completely pulmonary outflow-tract obstruction. The mass was successfully resected and the pathological diagnosis of a mixed capillary and cavernous polypoid hemangioma was made. This case ...

Five cases of solitary extrathecal cavernous hemangioma in the spinal canal are reported. In one case, two coexistent massive cerebral venous medullary malformations were found. The symptomatology and prognosis of extrathecal spinal cavernous hemangiomas are discussed, as is the significance of various diagnostic measures. The patient material further permitted a ...

Two patients with a Camey-Le Duc substitution bladder who presented monolateral uretero-ileal stenosis were treated by percutaneous endoureteral incision using electrocautery and moulding stents. The results were encouraging in one patient after 12 months follow-up. In the other case, however, endourological manipulation had solely symptomatic purpose since the stenosis was ...

A case of pheochromocytoma of the bladder involving a ureteral orifice is presented, with a review of the literature. We discuss general management principles of bladder pheochromocytoma and factors specific to the management of our case, which allowed complete removal of the benign tumor while preserving bladder and ureteral function. ...

Although clitoral involvement with neurofibromatosis is rare, all cases previously reported have described clitoral hypertrophy due to neurofibromas of the clitoral corpora. We report on a patient who had localized enlargement of the prepuce only, with no evidence of neurofibromatous infiltration. In all cases, diagnosis of clitoromegaly requires basic chromosomal ...

Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the urinary bladder is a rare malignancy of an aggressive nature usually seen in patients in the seventh to eighth decade of life. A case of sarcomatoid carcinoma of the bladder in a 37 year old male presenting with gross haematuria is reported. A potency-preserving radical cystoprostatectomy ...

We report a case of intraperitoneal bladder rupture during electroconvulsivee therapy. We consider that the likely cause of this complication was powerful abdominal muscle contraction, during an unmodified seizure, on a bladder distended by failure to void urine before treatment and the anticholinergic effects of medication. The literature is reviewed, ...

A case of a malignant hemangiopericytoma located in the pelvic fossa of a 50-year old man is reported. The tumor displaced the urinary bladder and caused bilateral hydronephrosis. Light microscopic diagnosis was followed by immunohistochemistry. After surgery the patient was successfully treated by chemotherapy and irradiation. This paper reviews clinicopathological ...

Male urethral stone is a rare clinical entity in western parts of the world, but continues to be common in developing countries. We report 26 cases of male urethral calculi, treated over a 6-year period. The age of the patients ranged from 12 to 67 years. The calculi were encountered ...

The authors report one case of a leiomyosarcoma of the urinary bladder in a seventy-two-year-old man. The treatment was transurethral resection. There has been no evidence of recurrence or metastasis in more than a two-year follow-up. The literature is reviewed and the size of the tumor on the prognosis is ...

We report on two patients with severe urgency and pollakisuria where further investigations revealed cystitis cystica (glandularis). Conservative treatment and TUR of the lesions had no effect on the symptoms. After treatment with Neodymium-YAG laser, however, both have been asymptomatic for more than 18 months and urethrocystoscopic examination demonstrated normalization ...