Seminal vesicle abscess: two case reports and a review of the literature.

Two new cases of seminal vesicle abscess diagnosed by computerized tomography and treated with percutaneous drainage are reported. A review of the 8 cases published so far is also presented.

[Intermittent hydronephrosis].

Intermittent hydronephrosis is a frequent cause of obstruction in the ureteropelvic junction in the adult. Diagnosis is based on intravenous pyelography, echography and renal scintigraphy with or without hyperdiuresis. We report a case of intermittent hydronephrosis successively affecting both kidneys.

[Micrographic surgery and inguinal lymphadenectomy: elective therapy in carcinoma of the penis (stage I and II)].

The squamous cancer of the penis has a very low incidence in our environment which means that very few centres have any cases and therefore lack any major experience. This handicap together with their treatment being divided between Urologists and Dermatologists decreases even more the number of cases seen and precludes the obtention of valid considerations. This report presents 15 cases of squamous cancer of the penis seen and followed-up for at least 5 years, and which were treated according to an established protocol in which the differential element, based in our results, is that ilial lymphadenectomy does not offer better results than chemotherapy in high-stage disease, with 33% survival, whereas in low-stage disease the use of surface and deep bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy, in conjunction with micrographic surgery achieves survival rates of 100%.

Vesical tumors in patients under 25 years of age.

Behavior of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder during the third decade of life remains a controversial subject. During the period 1980-1988, we treated 7 patients (4 male and 3 female), 25 years of age or less (mean age 19.3, range 14-25), with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder.