Unusual dissemination of urinary bladder carcinoma

A case of transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder that was excised twenty years ago presented as an unusual dissemination to the left iliac muscle. The probable route of metastasis is discussed and the relevant literature is reviewed

Ogilvie's syndrome [acute pseudoobstruction of the colon]: a report of four cases

Four cases of Ogilvie's syndrome are described. Three of them had medical diseases and the fourth followed a transurethral resection of the prostate. Two patients were treated by transverse colostomy and made a good recovery. The third had a tube caecostomy and died 2 days later and the fourth patient responded well to colonoscopic decompression. It appears that colostomy although not widely used, is effective when it is used in patients who fail to respond to non-operative treatment or tube caecostomy