Ureteral inguinoscrotal hernia recurrence following robotic hernia repair: an uncommon hernia recurrence.

Ureteral inguinoscrotal hernias are a rare occurrence and commonly occur without evidence of obstructive uropathy. We present a patient found on a preoperative CT scan to have a recurrent left inguinal hernia with the left ureter passing through the hernia defect adjacent to the hernia sac into the scrotum. At surgery the redundant dilated ureter required a ureteroureterostomy because it could not be safely straightened or reduced.

Our ACE in the HOLE: Justifying the Use of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors as Adjuvants to Standard Chemotherapy.

Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been very effective in treating cardiac hypertension since their clinical inception over four decades ago. Since then, it has been established that angiotensin II, the product of ACE, has oncogenic and pro-proliferative qualities, which begs the question as to whether ACE inhibitors may have oncolytic characteristics. In fact, scattered reports suggest that ACE inhibitors are oncolytic and oncopreventive, but the available literature has yet to be thoroughly examined.