Lower urinary tract symptoms, prostate volume, uroflowmetry, residual urine volume and bladder wall thickness in Turkish men: a comparative analysis.

Aim: To evaluate the association between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) severity and bladder wall thickness (BWT).

Materials And Methods: The study included 155 patients referred to outpatient clinics for LUTS. Patients were divided into three groups due to their IPSS.

A distal protruding ureteral polyp looking like a bladder mass.

A 34-year-old female patient with a right lumbar and back pain during micturition is presented. Ultrasonography and intravenous urogram both supported a possible bladder mass. Finally, a ureteral polyp was diagnosed on cystoscopy and resected by the ureteroscopic approach.

Value of testis biopsy in the diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis.

Objectives: To evaluate testis biopsy as a diagnostic tool in systemic amyloidosis, to assess how amyloidosis affects testicular tissue, and to examine the relationship between testicular amyloidosis and infertility.

Methods: Testicular biopsies from 72 patients with confirmed systemic amyloidosis were examined for amyloid deposition after Congo red and crystal violet staining. A rectal biopsy was also done in each case, and the results were compared with the testicular biopsy findings.