Bazex syndrome, also known as Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica, is a paraneoplastic disorder characterized by erythematous psoriasiform plaques involving the nose, ears, and acral sites. Although classically associated with squamous cell carcinomas of upper aerodigestive tract, it has been reported in association adenocarcinoma, genitourinary tumors, multiple myeloma, rarely, peripheral T-cell lym...

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is an antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–associated vasculitis that primarily affects small vessels. The disease typically the respiratory tract and kidneys but has also been known to involve gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary thyroid, liver. Cardiac involvement rare. Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are extremely uncommon finding, only 1 reported case in ad...

Multiple sclerosis is a common neurologic disorder that often affects the genitourinary system. One of the most common symptoms of multiple sclerosis is the hyperactive bladder. These patients will have symptoms that may affect their lifestyle, such as urinary incontinence, urgency, and frequency. They may also suffer from debilitating urinary tract symptoms, such as frequent or recurrent urina...

BACKGROUND Testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) is the most common malignancy in young men. Familial clustering, epidemiologic evidence of increased risk with family or personal history, and the association of TGCT with genitourinary (GU) tract anomalies have suggested an underlying genetic predisposition. Linkage data have not identified a rare, highly-penetrant, single gene in familial TGCT (FTG...

Introduction Ciprofloxacin is an important widely used antibiotic. It is classified into the fluoroquinolone group and widely used for treatment of infection of gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract and genitourinary tract (1). Similar to any antibiotic, the adverse effect can be expected. Ball noted that “the most common adverse effects involve the gastrointestinal system (2%-8% of patient...

mycoplasmas hominis, mycoplasmas genitalium and ureaplasma urealyticum are associated with infections of the genitourinary tract, reproductive failure, and neonatal morbidity and mortality. a multiplex pcr was developed for simultaneously detection of these mycoplasmas species in a single amplification reaction. the total number of 104 samples was collected from 104 women’s genital specimens wi...

Missile injuries of the kidney are rare even in wartime. Of 4500 patients admitted to the Ghaem Medical Center in the first two years of the Iran-Iraq war, only 96 had injuries of the genitourinary tract (2.1 %) and only 35 involved the kidney usually with multiple injuries to other viscera. The mortality for those with urogenital injuries was 8.3% (compared with World War I, 60% and World...