Hemangiomas are benign vascular lesion, most commonly seen in liver and skin whereas rarely found in genitourinary system. In genitourinary tract urethral hemangiomas are mostly found in males. A case of uretheral hemangioma in 18 years old boy who presented with history of painless bleeding per urethra since age of 3 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProstate cancer (PCa) is one of the leading cancers in older males. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinico-pathological characteristics of prostate cancer and rate of detection of prostate cancer by DRE (digital rectal exam) in patients presenting to a tertiary care private sector hospital in Islamabad, and determine the awareness about PCa in these patients. There were 226 patients who presented from December 2009 to December 2015 having mean age of 68.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study was conducted to determine the outcome of trans-rectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided biopsy of prostate for the detection of prostatic carcinoma in a single tertiary care hospital in Pakistan.
Methods: This is a retrospective study including three hundred and eightythree patients who underwent trans rectal ultrasound guided biopsy of prostate in a single tertiary care hospital. Indications for biopsy were raised prostate specific antigen (PSA), abnormal digital rectal examination (DRE) and/or both.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
March 2018
Adrenal cysts are not common and are most often non-functional and asymptomatic. Most of these cysts are found incidentally. These lesions exhibit a broad histomorphologic spectrum and may vary from benign cysts to malignant cystic neoplasms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Coll Physicians Surg Pak
July 2017