[A case of adrenal gland metastasis of a cutaneous melanoma treated by excision with 3-year survival].

Case report of a 38-year-old man who, 14 months after resection of a malignant melanoma from the right shoulder in September 1990, presented with a tumour of the right adrenal gland. Resection confirmed metastatic melanoma. Chemotherapy was administered for 3 months.

[Current role of cryosurgery in benign prostatic hypertrophy compared to recent minimally invasive methods].

The authors review results of 20 years of cryosurgery for benign prostatic hypertrophy based on 992 cases treated by this method. In particular, they compare the 500 more recent cases of cryocauterisation with the new minimally invasive techniques proposed:balloon dilatation, prostatic stent, thermotherapy, hyperthermia, medical treatment with a 5-alpha-reductase. A study of the cost of these treatments with similar performances places cryosurgery in a good position.

[18 cases of surgically treated parathyroid adenoma responsible for urinary calculi].

The development of urinary lithiasis as a result of parathyroid lesions is not an exceptional occurrence and should be routinely looked for. Among the 30 cases of parathyroid adenoma identified during a 25-year period in a department of urology in a medium-sized town, 18 were detected following the occurrence of urinary lithiasis. Clinical features in these 18 cases, as well as the investigations that led to the discovery of the adenoma are reported.