Patch Graft Urethroplasty for Anterior Urethral Strictufe / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Urethral stricture is a disorder with multiple etiologies and many recognized forms of treatment. It is often accompanied by dysuria, urinary retention, hemorrhage and sepsis. The treatment for urethral stricture most commonly has been urethral dilation. Herein we present a case of patch graft urethroplasty in a 24-year-old male patient with anterior urethral stricture.

A Case of Renal Angiomyolipoma / 대한비뇨기과학회지

An angiomyolipoma of the kidney is a benign tumor composed of tissues normally present in an organ but abnormal in quantity, arrangement or degree of maturation. Neither laboratory nor clinical findings provide enough material to diagnose angiomyolipomas so it is very difficult to make correct presurgical diagnosis. A 51 year old housewife was admitted with chief complain of right flank pain and palpable mass for a week duration After urologic and radiologic studies, a presumptive diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma was made and operation was performed. On histologic examination of the removed kidney, it turned out as a angiomyolipoma of the kidney. So we report this case with review of literatures.