ABSTRACT
Early detection of renal pelvic tumor is essential since the survival rate is markedly reduced if the lesion has invaded beyond the pelvic wall. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is of considerable practical importance. since the surgeon should choose an unique operative approach conducive to a nepbroureterectomy with removal of a cuff of bladder. Selective renal angiography plays an important role in the diagnosis of renal tumor, but little is known about the importance of selective renal angiography in renal pelvic tumor. We performed selective renal angiography in 9 patients with clinically diagnosed renal pelvic tumor in this department during 2 years and 4 months period from March 1979 to June 1981. 7 out of 9 patients were diagnosed with transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis histologically and remaining 2, leiomyoma of the renal parenchyma and renal cell carcinoma. The angiographic findings in 7 patients with transitional cell carcinoma showed hypertrophy of the pelviureteral artery and a diminished branching of vessels in 5, respectively, and defects in the nephrographic phase, neovascularity and vascular displacement in 2 each.
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Humans , Angiography , Arteries , Carcinoma, Renal Cell , Carcinoma, Transitional Cell , Diagnosis , Hypertrophy , Kidney Pelvis , Leiomyoma , Survival Rate , Urinary BladderABSTRACT
A clinical observation was made on patients with the tumors of the genitourinary tract, who were admitted to the Department of Urology, Kyungpook National University Hospital during 10 years period from January 1970 to December 1979. Out of 1606 total hospital admissions. 284 were due to the tumors of the genitourinary tract, giving rate of 17.68%, sex ratio, male to female, was 6.89:1 The most frequently involved age group was the 7th decade, being 31% of total, followed by the 6th decade (22%). About 85.21% was seen at age of 40 and over. Prostate was the most commonly involved organ comprising 122 (42.96%) out of 284 cases of the tumors of the genitourinary tract, followed in frequency by bladder in 77 (27.11%), kidney in 40 (14.08%), and penis in 24 (8.45%). The tumors were benign in 123 and malignant in 161, giving ratio of benign to malignant approximately 1:1.3. The most common type among benign group was B.P.H. and among malignant type, bladder carcinoma. Pathologic diagnosis was performed on 174 cases. Out of these, 52 were diagnosed as transitional cell carcinoma of bladder, followed in frequency by B.P.H. in 36 and squamous cell carcinoma of penis in 16.
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Female , Humans , Male , Carcinoma, Squamous Cell , Carcinoma, Transitional Cell , Diagnosis , Kidney , Penis , Prostate , Sex Ratio , Urinary Bladder , UrologyABSTRACT
Renal cell carcinoma in children has been considered a rare clinical entity but perhaps not as rare as once thought. This neoplasm should be considered in the differential diagnosis of hematuria and/or abdominal masses in children. Herein two cases of histologically proven childhood renal cell carcinoma are presented.
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Child , Humans , Carcinoma, Renal Cell , Diagnosis, Differential , HematuriaABSTRACT
Right-sided varicocele is a relatively rare disease, which could be caused by retroperitoneal pathology, situs Inversus or ananomalous termination of the right internal spermatic vein into the right renal vein or the left renal vein. Herein we report a rare case of right-sided varicocele in a 31-year-old fertile man with situs inversus.
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Adult , Humans , Pathology , Rare Diseases , Renal Veins , Situs Inversus , Varicocele , VeinsABSTRACT
A rare case of benign hemorrhagic renal cyst ruptured into the pyelocaliceal system, which occurred in a 44-year-old male, is presented. The literature is reviewed briefly.
