Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the morphologic features of female lower urinary tract symptoms and to examine the association between morphologic characteristics and urethral function. Materials and Methods: The records of 1,341 women with lower urinary tract symptoms and one single urodynamic diagnosis were reviewed. These include 560 subjects with genuine stress incontinence, ...

Urinary bladder cancer is the second most common genitourinary malignancy in Westernized countries. A number of emerging imaging techniques have recently been reported in the literature for use in imaging bladder cancer. While the explicit application of MR imaging in bladder cancer especially in non-distant bladder cancer or bladder cancer localized in pelvic remains uncertain and awaits a tho...

Introduction: A wide range of objects have been inserted into the urinary bladder posing a challenge to urologists for diagnosis and management. Most cases are associated with psychiatric disorders, senility, intoxication or autoerotic stimulation. The frequency of such cases renders them important medical conditions of the genitourinary system. Case presentation: Our case is an unusual one sin...

Overactive bladder is a problem that many women experience and suffer with in silence for years. This is a case study about one such woman. Anna had problems with incontinence for more than five years when she sought treatment. This article presents the story of her journey and perseverance to achieve control of her bladder.

Urinary bladder hemangiomas are rare, accounting for 0.6% of the urinary bladder tumors. Hemangioma is considered arising from embryonic stem cells of an angioblastic lineage. A 3-year old boy presented with hematuria. He had past operative history of excision of extensive lymphatic malformation involving retroperitoneum, pelvis and upper thigh. Computed tomography scan of abdomen and pelvis wi...

Urinary bladder dysfunction presents a major problem in the clinical management of patients suffering from pathological conditions and neurological injuries or disorders. Currently, the etiology underlying altered visceral sensations from the urinary bladder that accompany the chronic pain syndrome, bladder pain syndrome (BPS)/interstitial cystitis (IC), is not known. Bladder irritation and inf...

Chemokines are proinflammatory mediators of the immune response, and there is growing evidence for chemokine/receptor signaling involvement in pronociception. Bladder pain syndrome (BPS)/interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic pain syndrome characterized by pain, pressure, or discomfort perceived to be bladder-related with at least one urinary symptom. We have explored the expression and functi...

INTRODUCTION Bladder stone is the most common form of lower urinary tract stones and constitutes 5% of all urinary tract stones. The giant bladder stones are very rare and our report was the first one in Iran and in the world. CASE PRESENTATION The patient was a 35-year-old man who was referred to our urology clinic with the lower urinary tract symptoms. Irritative symptoms were dominant with...

Bladder endometriosis is uncommon yet a cause of cyclical disabling urinary symptoms. Surgical excision the bladder endometriotic nodule using combined cystoscopic and laparoscopic approach (“light to light technique”) remains best where surgery deemed mode treatment. A 31-year-old infertile woman underwent resection by this method. The main surgical steps included ureteric stenting, mobilizati...