Transrectal high-intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of localized prostate cancer: eight-year experience.

Objective: To report on the long-term results of high-intensity focused ultrasound in the treatment of localized prostate cancer.

Methods: A total of 517 men with stage T1c-T3N0M0 prostate cancer treated with Sonablate devices (Focus Surgery, Indianapolis, IN, USA) between January 1999 and December 2007 were included in the study. Biochemical failure was defined according to the Phoenix definition (prostate-specific antigen nadir + 2 ng/mL).

[A case of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy in right renal cell carcinoma with left inferior vena cava].

We present a case of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy in right renal cell carcinoma with left inferior vena cava in a 65-year-old male. Abdominal contrasted CT scan revealed that the left inferior vena cava crossed the aorta at the level of third lumbar vertebra. Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy was performed transperitoneally.

[Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma of the left iliopsoas muscle].

A 62-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a 10 cm retroperitoneal tumor, which was incidentally found on the abdominal computed tomography (CT). CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy revealed that the tumor was malignant, but could not define the exact pathology of the tumor. The tumor was resected.

[Renal infarction with renal abscess onset due to infective endocarditis: a case report].

A 68- year-old male was referred with fever and urinary tract infection. Abdominal computed tomography showed a right renal infarction with abscess and abscesses in the liver and spleen. Cardiac ultrasonic examination showed a vegitation in the aortic valve.