[Emphysematous cystitis with air bubbles in the vena cava].

A 76-year-old diabetic woman was referred to our hospital with an episode of high fever and sub-abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) of the pelvis revealed gas accumulation within the lumen and wall of the bladder and CT of the abdomen demonstrated bubbles in the inferior vena cava. She recovered by urinary drainage and antibiotic therapy.

[Long survival in patient with invasive renal pelvic carcinoma treated with frequentative resection of pulmonary metastasis and chemotherapy: a case report].

A 51-year-old man was referred to our hospital for treatment of left renal pelvic tumor diagnosed with computed tomography (CT) on health screening. Retroperitoneoscopy-assisted radical left nephroureterectomy was performed under a diagnosis of left renal pelvic carcinoma. Histopathological examination showed urothelial carcinoma (UC), Grade 2 > > Grade 3, pT3.

[A case of primary urothelial carcinoma of the prostate].

A 42-year-old male diagnosed with primary urothelial carcinoma of the prostate (T4NOM0) underwent pelvic exenteration, and lymph node dissection. Two courses of systemic chemotherapy (gemcitabine and carboplatin) were performed. This patient is alive without any evidence of tumor recurrence at 6 months after surgery.

[Blind-ending bifid ureter: report of a case].

A case of blind-ending bifid ureter is presented. A 33-year-old woman was admitted with the compliant of right flank pain. Drip infusion pyelography and retrograde pyelography showed a right blind-ending bifid ureter (about 26 cm in length) at a site about 4 cm superior to the right ureteral opening.

Prognostic value of 2-deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography imaging for patients with prostate cancer.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of measuring glucose metabolism of primary prostate cancer lesions, using 2-Deoxy-2-[F-18]Fluoro-D-Glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET).

Procedures: Forty-two patients with prostate cancer were investigated with FDG-PET, and standardized uptake value (SUV) of the prostate was calculated. After PET study, radical prostatectomy was performed in 17 patients (RPT group), and endocrine therapy in 25 patients (ET group).