Wang, Henry Dhar, Ankur Wang, Audrey
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Ischemic priapism is a urologic emergency requiring urgent intervention to prevent tissue necrosis and preserve erectile function. Cases refractory to aspiration and intra-cavernosal sympathomimetic therapy requires timely surgical shunting. Corpus cavernosum abscess following penile shunts is an exceedingly rare complication, with as few as 2 prev...
Marrak, Mahdi Chaker, Kays Ouanes, Yassine Azouz, Eya Mosbahi, Boutheina Nouira, Yassine
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Having a kidney disease is a major risk factor of renal injury during blunt traumas. We present a case of abdominal blunt trauma due to motor-vehicle accident in a 48 year old male patient. Abdominal computed tomography scan showed a high-volume retroperitoneal hematoma with rupture in the isthmus of the horseshoe kidney with active contrast-enhanc...
Waack, Andrew Ranabothu, Meghana Patel, Neha J
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Epididymo-orchitis is a common urological condition that can be caused by a variety of etiologies, including retrograde extension of a urinary tract infection. Colovesical fistulas are frequent sequelae of diverticulitis that allow for communication between the colon and urinary bladder. Such fistulas facilitate the spread of enteric bacteria into ...
Palma, Catalina A Watson, Geoffrey Earls, Peter Patanjali, Nitya Laurence, Jerome Leslie, Scott
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Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (HLRCC) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by a germline mutation of the fumarate hydratase (FH) gene, in which affected individuals have a high likelihood of developing cutaneous leiomyomas, uterine leiomyomas and renal cell cancer (RCC). HLRCC-associated RCC is characterised by presentation at...
Power, Liam Masoumi-Ravandi, Kaveh Chauhan, Prakash Skinner, Tom
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Here we present the case of an HLA-identical living-donor kidney transplant recipient, who was incidentally found to have a large complex renal arteriovenous fistula (RAVF) in their transplanted kidney that had been present for nearly 6 years but was previously misinterpreted as being part of a collection of cysts. This patient had undergone 7 prot...
Ikeda, Riko Matsuoka, Yoh Fukui, Naotaka Inoue, Masaharu Ishikawa, Ayataka Kageyama, Yukio
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Large cell calcifying Sertoli tumor is an uncommon testicular neoplasm. We present a case of a 36-year-old man with a late-onset large cell calcifying Sertoli tumor that resulted in a solitary lung metastasis 5 years after radical orchiectomy. Pulmonary wedge resection was performed, and there was no recurrence at the 18-month follow-up after resec...
Uekawa, Ayano Kurahashi, Ryoma Motoshima, Takanobu Murakami, Yoji Yatsuda, Junji Kamba, Tomomi
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A 46-year-old man developed a right renal tumor with multiple lung and hilar lymph node metastases. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was performed, and clear cell renal cell carcinoma was diagnosed 6 years earlier. Despite the use of available systemic therapeutic agents, atelectasis in the right upper lobe due to a pulmonary hilar mass and brain m...
Cai, Wanghai Zhu, Qingguo Xu, Qingjiang Hong, Zhiwei
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The herniation of ureter is rare. A 59-year-old woman with hydronephrosis caused by herniation of ureter through psoas muscle fascia was observed. The patient referred to our clinic with four weeks' history of left flank pain and fever. Computed tomography urography and antegrade combined with retrograde urography revealed tortuous and proximal dil...
Piyawannarat, Surawach Phengsalae, Yada Ketsuwan, Chinnakhet
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Implanting of a prophylactic double J stent during ureteroneocystostomy has been adopted as routine procedure for preventing anastomotic complications. In extremely rare events, the coiled distal end of the stent migrates upward through ureterovesical anastomosis into the peritoneal cavity. We report below a case that presented with chronic urinary...
Shakiba, Behnam Alemrajabi, Mahdi Abian, Nasrollah Ghaleh, Alireza
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Percutaneous nephrostomy has become a well-established technique for providing permanent or temporary drainage of an obstructed urinary system for decades. Although it is generally considered a safe intervention, some complications might be life threatening. Here we present a case of bilateral nephrostomy insertion due to T-cell lymphoma, that pres...
