Endocervicosis vesical: excepcional causa de masa vesical / Bladder endocervicosis: an exceptional cause of bladder mass

Describimos un caso clínico de una mujer de 32 años con endocervicosos vesical y endometriosis ovárica. La asociación de endocervicosis con endometriosis es posible debido al origen mülleriano de ambos procesos. La endocervicosis vesical es una entidad excepcional que puede presentarse en mujeres jóvenes como una masa vesical simulando un cáncer vesical. Revisamos los casos previamente publicados en la literatura

We report a case of a 32 year-old woman with bladder endocervicosis and ovarian endometriosis. Association of endocervicosis with endometriosis is feasible due to a müllerian origin of both entitties. Bladder endocervicosis is an exceptional entity that can be present in young women as a bladder mass like a bladder cancer. We review previously published cases in literature

[Bladder endocervicosis: an exceptional cause of bladder mass]. / Endocervicosis vesical: excepcional causa de masa vesical.

We report a case of a 32 year-old woman with bladder endocervicosis and ovarian endometriosis. Association of endocervicosis with endometriosis is feasible due to a müllerian origin of both entitties. Bladder endocervicosis is an exceptional entity that can be present in young women as a bladder mass like a bladder cancer.

[Conservative treatment in major kidney trauma]. / Tratamiento conservador en traumatismo renal mayor.

The kidney is frequently involved in penetrating abdominal injuries, and less so in closed abdominal traumatism. This paper presents one case of major renal trauma with total renal fracture and development of urinoma that separated both segments that, after a minimally invasive manoeuvre (percutaneous drainage), evolved favourably thus avoiding a surgical procedure which, quite reasonably, would have led to nephrectomy.

[Penile erectile dysfunction secondary to hypophyseal adenoma]. / Disfunción erectil peneana secundaria a adenoma hipofisario.

Increased production of prolactin by the pituitary is a factor to be taken into account as a cause of peneal erectile dysfunction (PED), which varies depending on the series from 1 to 16%. 1,2,7 We contribute in this paper one patient with infertility and erectile dysfunction secondary to a prolactin-producing pituitary tumour, prolactin plasma levels returning to normal after treatment with bromocriptine, which also achieved a remission of the clinical picture.

[Transplantectomy today: indications and complications]. / La transplantectomía hoy: indicaciones y complicaciones.

Analysis of the indications for transplantectomy and its complications over a 12-year period. Over a total of 159 failure grafts, we performed 53 transplantectomies (33.3%). The percentage of complications was 16.9%. Three patients died (5.6%) during the more or less immediate post-operative period. In our experience, consistent and prolonged maintenance of immunosuppression should avoid the need for transplantectomy in a high percentage of grafts. Only 15 transplantectomies were made on 104 failure grafts after 6 months (14.4%). Our short but successful experience with embolization of 2 rejected grafts confirms the validity of this conservative alternative versus conventional surgical transplantectomy in selected cases.

[Arteriovenous fistulae following percutaneous renal biopsy in renal transplantation. Selective arterial embolization]. / Fístulas arteriovenosas post-biopsia renal percutánea en el trasplante renal. Embolización arterial selectiva.

Five cases of clinically severe arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) secondary to percutaneous renal biopsy in patients carrying a functional renal graft were diagnosed and treated in our centre. Occlusion via superselective intraarterial embolization accomplished successful control in every case. We insist on the therapeutical value of this minimally invasive technique, which furnish it with a particularly relevant role in renal transplantation.

Effect of tiazofurin on tomato plants infected with tomato spotted wilt virus.

Tiazofurin (2-beta-D-ribofuranosylthiazole-4-carboxamide) was examined for its activity against tomato-spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in tomato plants. Solutions containing 50, 100, 200, 400 and 800 mg/l of the drug were sprayed onto the leaves. The results showed that 100 and 200 mg/l were the most efficient concentrations to suppress TSWV infection, thereby delaying the appearance of systemic symptoms. The drug was more effective in controlling TSWV infection when applied after than before virus inoculation. The results suggest that tiazofurin can be used as an efficient antiviral drug in the treatment of TSWV-infected tomato plants.

Effect of virazole (ribavirin) on tomato spotted wilt virus in two systemic hosts, tomato and tobacco.

Virazole (1, beta-D-ribofuranosyl-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide = Ribavirin), a synthetic nucleoside analogue, has been successfully used against tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in tomato and tobacco plants. In tomato, the most efficient concentration to control TSWW was 500 mg/l while in tobacco, concentrations of 100 mg/l were sufficient to control systemic infection. When the plants did not show a systemic reaction virus could not be recovered from inoculated and treated tomato and tobacco plants by means of the local lesion assay. The results point out the response of a new plant virus to Virazole and indicate a possibility of controlling TSWW systemic infection.

Inhibitory effect of virazole (ribavirin) on the replication of tomato white necrosis virus (VNBT).

Tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) inoculated with tomato white necrosis virus (VNBT) and treated with Virazole (1-beta-D-ribofuranosyl--1, 2, 4-triazole-3-carboxamide) at a concentration of 500 mg/l developed systemic virus symptoms in only 40 per cent of the plants in which a remarkable reduction in virus concentration was also observed. From inoculated and Virazole-treated plants which had produced no symptoms, no virus could be recovered. This result suggests that Virazole may inhibit replication of VNBT in tomato.