[Malignant penile melanoma].

The authors report the case of a very large, obstructive malignant melanoma (MM.) of the prepuce, encasing all of the distal extremity of the penis, and discovered at a late metastatic stage (regional lymph node metastasis). Palliative treatment, consisting of partial penectomy associated with a complementary induction and maintenance chemotherapy did not achieve any objective response at one year.

[Risk of complications during endovesical treatment with BCG for superficial tumor of the bladder].

Objectives: BCG therapy is the reference adjuvant treatment for multiple and voluminous or recurrent superficial bladder cancer and can cause specific complications. We assessed the frequency and therapeutic modalities involved associated with such complications in a personal retrospective series of patients.

Patients And Methods: BCG therapy was given to 148 patients who were followed for a mean 40 months.

[A case of unrecognized bladder pheochromocytoma].

Pheochromocytoma rarely occurs in the bladder. We report a fortuitously observed case and review the main clinical, biological and radiological features.

[Surgery for severe traumas of the kidney. Value of initial computed tomography, problem of surgical indication and use of a perirenal resorbable prosthesis of polyglactin 910].

We report our recent experience in the surgical treatment of severe closed renal trauma, describing the value of the initial tomography scan, the problems encountered with indications for surgery, and use of a resorbable peri-renal prosthesis made of polyglactine 910. During the last 4 years, 41 patients were hospitalized for renal trauma. Eleven of these patients were operated for severe lesions (Chatelain stage 3 and 4).

[Hydrospermatocyst with ectopic junction of the ureter and ipsilateral renal agenesis. Diagnostic difficulties and contribution of magnetic resonance imaging].

A cystic dilatation of the right seminal vesicle due to an ectopic implantation of the right ureter was observed in a patient with ipsilateral renal agenesia. The embryology, symptomatology and radiological diagnosis, including magnetic resonance imaging, and treatment of this malformation are reported.