ABSTRACT
A retrospective study to evaluate the relationship of blood groups of 96 patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder in Israeli population, reports that patients with blood group O had higher grade tumors and higher recurrence rates than the other blood groups, without a difference in the mortality rates.
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Blood Group Antigens , Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/blood , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/blood , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Israel , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
A 33-year-old woman presented left ureteral gross hematuria under two conditions: before the second trimester of her last three gestations, and after therapy with an oral contraceptive. We believe that left renal vein varicosities, influenced by mechanical and hormonal factors, produced the hematuria.
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Hematuria/etiology , Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/etiology , Adult , Bed Rest , Contraceptives, Oral/adverse effects , Female , Hematuria/therapy , Humans , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/therapy , Pregnancy Trimester, Second , RecurrenceSubject(s)
Pyelonephritis/diagnosis , Xanthogranuloma, Juvenile/diagnosis , Humans , Infant , Kidney/pathology , MaleABSTRACT
A case of hypernephroma is presented in which the initial finding was heavy bleeding from a vaginal tumor. Fewer than 90 cases of genital metastases in males or females have previously been reported.
