A 31-year-old female with a 19 year history of chronic urinary tract infections (UTI), intermittent hematuria, and associated flank pain was referred to our service for evaluation of anatomy of renal system and possible surgical intervention. At the time of the referral, the UTI’s had become more frequent and the flank pain had increased in severity.The following diagnostic studies were employe...

Primary malignant melanoma Urethra, male Urinary cytology Abstract We report a case of primary malignant melanoma of the male urethra, increasing the total number of reported cases to 31. The experience with our case suggests that urinary cytology is a diagnostic method for malignant melanoma and essential in the preoperative diagnosis of this disease. Nobumasa Fujimoto, MD, Department of Urolo...

Abstract Introduction Priapism is a prolonged (> 4 hours) and unintended erection without sexual stimulation or desire. due to neoplasms called malignant priapism, which rare condition that tends occur with corporeal metastasis of other pelvic area malignancies. primary penile malignancies extremely rare. Objective In this article, we present the case patient who underwent total penectom...

Dear Editor, Symptoms and signs of female urethral diverticulum are diverse, resulting most of the times in delayed diagnosis and mismanagement1. We hereby report a rare clinical manifestation of the disorder presenting with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). A 39-year-old woman presented to our department with a history of stress urinary incontinence for 2 years. There was no history of pelvic...

With the ureterorenoscope it is now possible to perform procedures under direct vision that previously had to be undertaken blindly or with the aid of fluoroscopy. The most common use of the ureterorenoscope is for removal of ureteral calculi, particularly those that are in the distal or middle one third of the ureter. The technique of ureteral dilatation and ureteroscopy of the lower ureter vi...

Dear Editor, Symptoms and signs of female urethral diverticulum are diverse, resulting most of the times in delayed diagnosis and mismanagement1. We hereby report a rare clinical manifestation of the disorder presenting with stress urinary incontinence (SUI). A 39-year-old woman presented to our department with a history of stress urinary incontinence for 2 years. There was no history of pelvic...

INTRODUCTION Occasionally, urologists may see patients requiring temporary bladder irrigation at hospitals without stocks of specialist irrigation apparatus. One option is to transfer the patient to a urology ward, but often there are outstanding medical issues that require continued specialist input. Here, we describe an improved system for delivering temporary bladder irrigation by utilizing ...

A 36-year-old woman presented to our department with a 6-week history of dysuria, urinary frequency and refractory urinary tract infection. Physical examinations revealed a tender cystic mass in the anterior vaginal wall. Laboratory test showed the following: leukocyte count, 13610 /mm3; C-reactive protein, 2.3 mg/dL. Urinalysis demonstrated microscopic pyuria (50-75 white blood cells/ high pow...

Is minimally invasive transanal surgery an alternative for rectal-urinary fistula correction? ଝ ¿Es la cirugía transanal mínimamente invasiva una alternativa para la corrección de fístulas recto-urinarias? Dear Editor, Rectal injury is a serious and rare complication in the radical treatment of prostate cancer. The incidence reported in radical prostatectomy 1 (RP) is 0-9% in the open surgery 2...