[Myxoid mesenchymal tumors of uterus: endometrial stromal and smooth muscle tumors, myxoid variant].

Four myxoid variant of uterine mesenchymal tumors are reported. One was a low grade stromal sarcoma with infiltrative margins and the others were well circumscribed tumors corresponding to an endometrial stromal nodule and two leiomyomas. They were hypocellular neoplasms composed of stellated cells with an abundant Alcian Blue positive myxoid matrix.

Urinary continence after salvage radiation therapy following radical prostatectomy, assessed by a self-administered questionnaire: a prospective study.

Objective: To evaluate urinary continence after salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy (RP) for clinically localized prostate cancer.

Patients And Methods: In all, 145 men had a retropubic RP in our department between 1992 and 2000. From this group, salvage radiotherapy with the dose of 65 Gy was given to 18 patients for a rising prostatic specific antigen (PSA) level.

[Perirenal extension of a pelvic lymphocele after radical prostatectomy].

Lymphocele is a rare symptomatic complication of iliopelvic lymph node dissection during radical prostatectomy. The authors report a case of pelvic lymphocele with perirenal extension diagnosed 6 months after the operation and successfully treated by laparoscopic marsupialisation. The possibility of lymphocele must be considered in any patient presenting with abdominopelvic symptoms after iliopelvic lymph node dissection, even several months after the operation.

Immunocyt test improves the diagnostic accuracy of urinary cytology: results of a French multicenter study.

Purpose: The limitations of urinary cytology and the invasiveness of cystoscopy generate an increasing interest in noninvasive diagnostic tools for the management of transitional cell carcinoma. We assess the clinical performance of ImmunoCyt (DiagnoCure, Inc., Saint-Foy, Canada) in the detection of bladder cancer in a 10-center French trial.

[Treatment of phimosis with locally applied 0.05% clobetasol propionate. Prospective study with 108 children].

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of topical application of corticosteroid cream in the treatment of phimosis in children and to compare the results obtained with those reported in the literature.

Materials And Methods: In the context of a prospective study conducted between January 1997 and November 2001, 108 children with a mean age of 5.9 years, presenting with true phimosis preventing retraction of the foreskin, were treated by twice-daily application of 0.

[Extracorporeal lithotripsy in children. Report of 30 cases].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of extracorporeal lithotripsy in the treatment of urinary stones in children.

Material And Method: Thirty children (19 boys, 11 girls) with a mean age of 7 years (range: 14 months to 17 years) with a total of 32 urinary stones were treated by extracorporeal lithotripsy. The stone was situated in the kidney in 27 cases, the lumbar ureter in 4 cases and the pelvic ureter in 1 case.