[Diagnostic and therapeutic management of testicular tumors. Review of 15 years]. / Manejo diagnóstico y terapéutico de los tumores testiculares. Revisión de quince años.

We reviewed our data on the diagnosis and treatment of testicular tumors during the period spanning January, 1975 to December, 1989 and compared them with the data reported in the literature. The records of 26 cases of germ cell tumors were analyzed. These had a follow-up ranging from 6 to 162 months (mean 36 months). We highlight the usefulness of CT and tumor markers in the diagnosis, staging and follow-up. We consider radical inguinal orchiectomy to be the initial treatment. The therapeutic approach thereafter depends on the histological findings and tumor stage. Currently, patients are followed very carefully after orchiectomy of stage I tumors. Multiple chemotherapy of tumors in the advanced stages has increased the incidence of survival and complete remission. Furthermore, this chemotherapeutic approach has occasionally converted surgery into and adjuvant treatment modality.

[Post-traumatic arteriovenous fistula: apropos of 4 cases]. / Fístulas arteriovenosas postraumáticas: a propósito de cuatro casos.

Postraumatic arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) usually occur after traumatisms or surgical procedures. A clinic hemodynamic repercussion, or even a cardiac failure, can be caused by them. AVF diagnosis is mainly made angiographic study. In the present works we study different "Diagnosis by Images" methods (i.e.: CT, echography, MNR, angiography, gammagraphy, etc.) used in AVF diagnosis. Also, a Bibliographic Review of such disease was made. We present four cases reports with postraumatic arteriovenous fistulas; two were located in extremities (right upper limb and left lower limb, respectively) and the other two were abdominal (left reno-renal and right renocava).