Unusual genitourinary tract activity

Genitourinary and Renal Tract Disorders

Primary Tubulovillous Adenocarcinoma of Renal Pelvis: An Unusual Genitourinary Tumor

Prolonged inflammation or irritation due to renal calculi can induce glandular metaplasia of the urothelium and even malignant neoplasm. Primary adenocarcinoma in pelvicalyceal system is a rare tumor in such patients. Here, a case of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) positive primary tubulovillous adenocarcinoma in pelvicalyceal system is reported. A 57-year-old male with right abdominal pain and ...

Antifibrinolytic therapy in genitourinary tract surgery.

Severe generalised haemorrhage associated with plasma proteolytic activity after thoracic surgery, operations for hyperplasia or carcinoma of the prostate, gastrointestinal or pancreatic resection, and other operations was reported in the early 1950s.1-3 Such plasma proteolytic activity is usually part of a disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome. Sometimes, however, the local fibrinoly...

Sports injuries to the genitourinary tract.

Candida infections of the genitourinary tract.

All humans are colonized with Candida species, mostly Candida albicans, yet some develop diseases due to Candida, among which genitourinary manifestations are extremely common. The forms of genitourinary candidiasis are distinct from each other and affect different populations. While vulvovaginal candidiasis affects mostly healthy women, candiduria occurs typically in elderly, hospitalized, or ...