[Is diabetes a risk factor of urinary tract infection in patients with ureteral obstruction? Results of a retrospective study].

The goal of this retrospective study is to assess if diabetic patients are more likely to develop urinary tract infection (UTI) within the context of ureteral obstruction. 804 patients that had received an emergency treatment by double J placement for ureteral stone were selected between January 2004 and December 2014 at the Clinique Saint Pierre d'Ottignies, Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve,Belgium. They were divided in two groups : patients with UTI associated and the control group with the non infected ones.

Fibrous pseudotumor of the tunica vaginalis: contrast enhanced sonography with pathologic correlation.

We report the case of a 28-year-old man who presented at the emergency department with recent left painful scrotal swelling, without history of genitourinary infection or trauma. On physical examination, left scrotal swelling with nodular palpation was noted. Contrast enhanced sonography demonstrated nodular vascularized thickening of the tunica vaginalis.

Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: results of a Belgian retrospective multicentre survey.

Objectives: To evaluate the technical and oncologic feasibility of laparoscopic nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma.

Methods: A retrospective survey of 100 patients, treated with laparoscopic nephroureterectomy in 10 Belgian centres, was performed. Most procedures were performed transperitoneally.

Spontaneous rupture of bladder diverticula in a girl with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

A 5-year-old girl with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome presented with acute abdominal pain and anuria caused by a spontaneous perforation of bladder diverticula. Conservative treatment was successful.