Shipwrecked on the Rock, or Not Quite: Gypsophytes and Edaphic Islands.

Species-area relationships (SAR) constitute a key aspect of ecological theory and are integral to other scientific disciplines, such as biogeography, which have played a crucial role in advancing biology. The theory of insular biogeography provides a clear example. This theory initially expanded from true islands to other types of systems characterized by their insularity.

Spontaneous Primary Succession and Vascular Plant Recovery in the Iberian Gypsum Quarries: Insights for Ecological Restoration in an EU Priority Habitat.

Gypsum covers a vast area of the Iberian Peninsula, making Spain a leader in its production. Gypsum is a fundamental raw material for modern societies. However, gypsum quarries have an obvious impact on the landscape and biodiversity.

Plants on Rich-Magnesium Dolomite Barrens: A Global Phenomenon.

For botanists and ecologists, the close link between some plants and substrates, such as serpentine or gypsum, is well known. However, the relationship between dolomite and its flora has been much less studied, due to various causes. Its diffuse separation from limestone and the use of a vague approach and terminology that, until now, no one has tried to harmonize are among these reasons.

Plant evolution in alkaline magnesium-rich soils: A phylogenetic study of the Mediterranean genus Hormathophylla (Cruciferae: Alysseae) based on nuclear and plastid sequences.

Habitats with alkaline edaphic substrates are often associated with plant speciation and diversification. The tribe Alysseae, in the family Brassicaceae, epitomizes this evolutionary trend. In this lineage, some genera, like Hormathophylla, can serve as a good case for testing the evolutionary framework.

[Mesenteric desmoid tumor mimicking a testicular cancer recurrence].

Objective: Report of one case of desmoid tumor in a patient who had been treated of a testicular seminoma 26 months before, with excision of a retroperitoneal mass and chemotherapy. On followup he presented with a mesenteric abdominal mass which was clinically labeleled as a recurrence of the seminoma.

Results: Histologically it was reported as a mesenteric desmoid tumor.

[Inflammatory prostatic pseudotumor (fibromyxoid pseudosarcomatous tumor)].

Objectives: To report one case of an exceptional benign prostatic pathology and its differential diagnosis with malignant tumors.

Methods: 67-year-old male who suffers an acute urinary retention requiring bladder catheterization and subsequent negative catheter removal tests. Digital rectal examination showed a small prostate, adenomatous, without nodules.

[Assessment of the Gleason score in biopsies and specimens of radical prostatectomy].

Objectives: To evaluate the similarity between Gleason grade on prostate biopsies and their final result after radical prostatectomy.

Methods: We retrospectively review the medical records of 129 patients who underwent radical prostatectomy. Mean PSA value was 10.

[Pneumopyocystitis in a patient with adult polycystic kidney disease].

Objectives: We present a case of adult polycystic kidney disease, also known as autosomal dominant polycystic kidney, complicated by infection of the cysts and the formation of gas within them.

Methods/results: A 59 year old patient diagnosed of adult polycystic kidney disease with chronic renal failure on treatment with haemodialysis, who presented sepsis secondary to infection of the renal cysts. The CT scan demonstrated the presence of gas within the cysts and the microbiology revealed E.

[NMP-22 test. Is it useful in the follow-up of patients with superficial bladder tumor?].

Objectives: 1.--To evaluate the efficacy of the NMP-22 as a diagnostic test for bladder tumor recidives; 2.--To compare the efficacy of NMP-22 vs.

[Clinical presentation of testicular germinal cancer].

Objective: To review the clinical features in our series of patients of germ-cell testicular cancer.

Methods: The charts of 73 patients with diagnosis of germ-cell testicular tumours were reviewed. Age, history of cryptorchism, time to diagnosis, main symptoms, and serum markers values (alpha- fetoprotein and beta-HCG) were analysed.

[Fulminant hepatic insufficiency caused by diffuse intrasinusoidal liver metastases in a patient with transitional-cell carcinoma of the bladder].

Objective: To present a case of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder with diffuse intrasinusoidal metastases to the liver that presented as fulminant hepatic failure.

Methods/results: A 65-year-old patient who presented at the emergency department of this hospital with fever and pain in the right hypochondrium and flank is described. Three months previously the patient had undergone operation in our department for a recurrence of a tumor affecting the bladder and urethra (Tis of the bladder and T1 GII of the prostatic urethra).