[Nonspecific sexual cord testicular tumor. Case report].

Objective: We report one case of gonadal stromal testicular tumor and perform a bibliographic review.

Methods/results: We present the case of a 42 year-old male patient consulting for a painless right testicular mass. Orchiectomy was performed and the patient underwent follow-up.

[Ovarian metastasis of a primary renal cell carcinoma].

Objective: We report one case of ovarian metastasis secondary to a renal clear cell carcinoma.

Methods/results: 52 year-old consulting for metrorrhagia with the initial diagnosis of primary ovarian carcinoma. Tumor dissemination work up tests reported a renal mass suggestive of ovarian metastasis.

[Tolerability and complications of ultrasound guided prostate biopsies with intrarectal lidocaine gel].

Objectives: The objective of our study was to evaluate patient tolerance to transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy using anesthesia with 2 grams of intrarectal lidocaine gel, and to evaluate the complications of the test.

Methods: 148 prostate biopsies with intrarectal lidocaine were performed over a four month period. The same intrarectal ultrasound transducer and needle mechanism were employed for all patients.

[Renal cell carcinoma: prognostic factors and staging].

Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic significance of the 2002 TNM tumor classification for renal cell carcinoma, as well as other factors intervening in its survival.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 316 renal carcinomas operated between 1970 and 2003. Twenty-five prognostic variables were analyzed.

Secondary testicular plasmocytoma.

Objective: [corrected] To report a rare case of secondary testicular plasmocytoma in the context of a testicular mass.

Method: We introduced a patient with plasmocytoma and a testicular infiltration of his systemic affection.

Result: An inguinal orquiectomy was performed to treat the testicular infiltration and no recurrence of the process was seen after 6 months of follow up.

A new form of presentation of renal actinomycosis: renal tumor with retroperitoneal bleeding.

Objective: The aim of this case report is to add to the literature a new case of renal actinomycosis, but with a form of presentation that has never been reported: renal tumor with retroperitoneal bleeding.

Methods/results: We present the case of a 27-year-old woman, with a 5-month history of general syndrome and right flank pain. Radiological findings showed a right renal tumor with suspicious of retroperitoneal bleeding.

[Giant intertesticular epidermoid cyst].

Objective: To report a rare case of a giant epidermoid cyst in an intertesticular localization, analyzing its histological and pathologic features, and to perform a bibliographic review.

Methods/results: We report the case of a 49-year-old male consulting for a slowly growing intra-scrotal mass of five years of evolution causing discomfort because of its size. After excision the pathology report showed the presence of a keratoid epidermoid cyst very big in size.

[Neurosyphilis and bladder dysfunction].

Objectives: Syphilis is a systemic disease the course of which follows successive clinical stages. Central nervous system and spinal cord involvement on late phases may lead to bladder dysfunction. We report one case of neurosyphilis with associated bladder hyperreflexia.

[Spontaneous regression of venous thrombus in a case of renal carcinoma].

Objectives: To report the first case of spontaneous regression of renal vein and inferior vena cava thrombus in a patient with renal clear cell carcinoma.

Methods/results: We describe the case of a woman with the diagnosis of renal mass with venous thrombus of the renal vein and inferior vena cava. Extension studies before radical nephrectomy showed regression of the thrombus which was confirmed during nephrectomy.

[Relationship between LUTS (lower urinary tract symptoms) and quality of life].

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) included in the IPSS on the quality of life and to determine the relationship between quality of life or total IPSS score and treatment.

Methods: Retrospective review of the IPSS questionnaire in 125 male patients who had consulted for LUTS between January 2001 and December 2003. Results were included in an Access database.

[Obstructive urethral angioleiomyoma].

Objectives: To report one case of urethral angioleiomyoma because of the rare site, and to review its main characteristics.

Methods: We report one case of male urethra angioleiomyoma presenting with obstructive symptoms.

Results: We performed excision and end to end anastomosis of a small bulbar urethra stenosis.

[Non-obstructive azoospermia: 2 new cases of Sertoli cell only syndrome].

Objectives: We report 2 cases of Sertoli cell only syndrome and perform a bibliographic review.

Methods: Clinical and pathologic study of 2 male patients 33 and 37-year-old respectively who presented with infertility.

Results: Testicular biopsy, the most important diagnostic test in the study of infertile men, showed bilateral Sertoli cell only syndrome.

[Urinary BTA-TRAK in the follow-up of superficial transitional-cell bladder carcinoma].

Objective: To determine the efficacy of urinary BTA-TRAK as a marker in monitoring superficial transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and to compare urine cytology with urinary sediment testing.

Methods: 700 consecutive determinations using BTA-TRAK to monitor unselected patients that had undergone surgery for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder were analyzed. Cystoscopy, urinary sediment and urine cytology were performed during follow-up.