A Case of Urachal Adenocarcinoma / 대한비뇨기과학회지

The second case of urachal adenocarcinoma is herein presented 10 years after Choi & associates reported the first case. A 43 year old male patient with chief complaint of intermittent gross hematuria for 6 months was initially seen on February 1981 and fulfilled with diagnostic criteria of Wheeler & Hill. A brief review of the literature is made.

Study on the Fluorescent Body (F-body) of the Human Spermatozoa / 대한비뇨기과학회지

In this study seminal fluid samples were obtained from 20 normal adult males to know the percentage of the spermatozoa containing the fluorescent body (F-body), after staining the seminal fluid with 0.5% aqueous quinacrine HCI. In this study the preparations were observed with an AO fluorescent microscope. The following results were obtained. 1) In 20 men, the mean percentage of F-body containing spermatozoa was 31.3%. 2) There was no relationship between sperm density in semen analysis and F-body rate 3) There was no relationship between sperm motility in semen analysis and F-body rate. 4) In 5 men, methyl alcohol-acetic acid (3:1) preparations, as a fixation solution, showed better F-body rate than that of ethyl alcohol preparations. 5) In 4 men, the preparations which were fixed and stained within 2 hours after obtaining seminal fluid showed better F-body rate than that fixed and stained after 6 hours. 6) In 10 men, after low speed centrifuging of the seminal fluid, the deposit preparations, showed decreased mean percentage of F-body containing spermatozoa by 4.2%.

A Case of Pelvic Lipomatosis / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Pelvic lipomatosis is a very rare condition in which a proliferative process involving the mature fat of the pelvic retroperitoneal space. An X-ray in such cases is characteristic and shows radiolucency of the soft pelvic tissue and bladder is displaced upward and has a gourd-like or inverted tear-drop appearance. In Korea, there is no previous report. Herein we report a case of pelvic lipomatosis and the literatures are reviewed.

Clinical Observation of Partial Nephrectomy / 대한비뇨기과학회지

The clinical observation was made on 25 cases of partial nephrectomy in Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, during the period from 1976 to 1981 (June) and following results were obtained. 1) The age distribution was from minimal 4 months up to 64 years old and among 13 cases of duplicated system disease, below 10 years old child group was 8 cases. 2) The causes of diseases were analysed like this: duplicated system; 13 cases, renal stone; 6 cases renal tuberculosis; 3 cases, A-V malformation; 1 case, renal cyst; 1 case, renal abscess; 1 case. 3) Upper pole resection was done in 18 cases and lower pole resection was done in 7 cases. Among 6 cases of renal stone, 4 cases were involved in longer pole and among 13 cases of duplicated system, 12 cases were involved in upper pole. 4) Persistent urinary fistula occurred in 4 cases as post-operative complication and among these 4 cases secondary nephrectomy was needed in 3 cases. 5) Among these 25 cases, transfusion was needed in 20 cases during operation and the mean amount of transfused blood was 504cc. in these 20 cases.