[Vesical cavernous hemangioma]. / Hemangioma cavernoso vesical.

The vesical cavernous hemangioma is a rare tumor with a begin biological behaviour. This sort of tumor has particular diagnostic and therapeutical features, and a variety of treatments has been used on it. The case of cavernous hemangioma in the bladder that we present was only diagnosed after RTU due to preoperative diagnosis of urotelial vesical tumor. We review clinical, diagnostic and therapeutical features of this kind of tumor.

Hemangioma cavernoso vesical / Vesical cavernous hemangioma

El hemangioma cavernoso vesical es una entidad infrecuente con un comportamiento biológico benigno. Este tipo de tumores tienen aspectos diagnósticos y terapéuticos peculiares, habiéndose empleado diversas modalidades de tratamiento. Presentamos un caso de hemangioma cavernoso vesical que fue sometido a RTU con la sospecha diagnóstica preoperatoria de neoformación vesical urotelial. Realizamos una revisión de los aspectos clínicos, diagnósticos y terapéuticos de este tipo de tumores (AU)

[Tumor pathology in horseshoe kidney]. / Patología tumoral en el riñón en herradura.

Within renal aberrations, the most frequent one is the horseshoe kidney. Adenocarcinoma is the most common primary renal neoplasia. The association of tumour and horseshoe kidney is uncommon, with only 135 cases described in the literature. Presentation of 4 patients with tumours in horseshoe kidney: 3 adenocarcinoma and one urothelial tumour of renal pelvis. As a result of our experience we consider that arteriography is a key imaging technique for pre-operative study of these patients, medial laparotomy being the choice access for approach, and prognosis depending on tumour staging, with no influence from the malformation.

[Hydatid cyst and renal adenocarcinoma: an exceptional association]. / Quiste hidatídico y adenocarcinoma renal: una asociación excepcional.

Presentation of one case of an exceptional association in the same renal unit of a hydatid cyst and an adenocarcinoma, in a female patient who arrived to the emergency service with a picture of haematuria and lower back pain. The paper discusses the diagnostic complications posed by the large central necrotic component of the tumour, the adjacent position of both lesions and, basically, the initial intention of performing conservative surgery after it was demonstrated that the patient had mild renal insufficiency and simple cysts in the other kidney. In the end, faced with the perioperative finding of a neoplastic-like mass, radical surgery was performed. Analysis of the diagnostic and therapeutical difficulties with complex cystic masses in general.

[Tumors of the female urethra: presentation of cases and review of the literature]. / Tumores de uretra femenina: presentación de nuestros casos y revisión de la literatura.

Female urethra tumours are rare conditions and so the series presented in the literature gathers just a few cases, and therefore is difficult to reach a conclusion with regard to the definite treatment to be adopted in each case. It appears to be certain that even histologically malignant forms of this disease can be cured in the earlier stages. The most representative cases presented in our experience are analyzed and an overall review of the literature is made aiming to examine the experience of various authors with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of the injuries.

[Wilms tumor of the adult. Description of a case and review of the literature]. / Tumor de Wilms del adulto. Descripción de un case y revisión de la literatura.

Wilms tumour is an infantile neoplasia with low incidence in adults. Worldwide literature describes 260 cases but only 50 meet the diagnostic criteria described by Kilton. This paper presents one case diagnosed in our service and includes a review of the literature.