Self-inflicted Macro Urethro-cutaneous Fistula

Self-inflicted stab wound causing aorto-right ventricular fistula.

Giant Fossa Navicularis Calculus with Urethro-Cutaneous Fistula and Renal failure

Urethral calculus is a rare form of urolithiasis with an incidence lower than 0.3%. Most of urethral calculus present in posterior urethra, few in anterior urethra and only 4-11% found at fossa navicularis. Urethral calculi usually results from migration from bladder, upper tract or it may arise de novo. We report a 56-years old male with a large fossa navicularis stone leading to urethro-cutan...

[Management of iatrogenic urethro-rectal fistula after radical prostatectomy].

Introduction. Recto-uretral fistulas are a rare but devastating complication of pelvic surgery or radiation. Rectouretral fistulas develop in 1% to 2% of patients receiving therapy for localised prostate cancer. Currently, there is no consensus in the literature regarding management. Method. The literature search was conducted on Medline® using the words: uretro-rectal fistula, prostate cancer,...

Self-inflicted ulcerations.

Dear Editors, Self-inflicted ulceration, as part of dermatitis artefacta, is a rare condition often diagnosed by exclusion as clinical, histological and laboratory findings do not comply with any known disease (1). Patients with such skin lesions also suffer from psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia, dementia, personality disorders and so on (1). As far as treatment is concerned, best res...

Managing self-inflicted nondeterminism

When a computation is replicated for greater availability – either by simultaneous execution on multiple machines or by restarting it after a crash – the problem of keeping replicas consistent arises. Replicas lose consistency when their run-time states diverge. This can happen because of differences in hardware inputs (clock ticks, network packets, keystrokes, etc.), which in turn lead to diff...