Publications by authors named "Jacques Assoun"
Article Synopsis
- The study evaluated the relationship between abnormalities in the renal papilla observed during endoscopy and Hounsfield density on CT scans in patients treated with flexible ureteroscopic surgery for kidney stones.
- Out of 159 patients, 131 were analyzed, revealing that high renal papilla Hounsfield density (≥ 43 HU) was more common in younger patients and those with insufficient diuresis.
- No significant correlation was found between high Hounsfield density and the endoscopic papillary abnormalities, indicating that high Hounsfield density mainly reflects insufficient diuresis rather than indicating papillary abnormalities.
Introduction: Sertoliform cystadenoma is a very rare, benign lesion of the rete-testis difficult to distinguish from other malignancies of the testicle.
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 42-year-old male who presented with a right testicular mass, asymptomatic for 1 year. Clinical examination revealed a palpable, painless, and well-delimited right testicular superior pole nodule.
Introduction: Treatment decision-making for intermediate-risk prostate cancer (CaP) is mainly based on grade and tumor involvement on systematic biopsy. We aimed to assess the added value of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) and targeted biopsy (TB) features for predicting final pathology and for improving the well-established favourable/unfavourable systematic biopsy-based sub-classification.
Materials And Methods: From a prospective database of 377 intermediate risk CaP cases, we evaluated the performance of the standard intermediate risk classification (IRC), and the predictive factors for unfavourable disease on final pathology aiming to build a new model.
Objective: To assess the impact of concomitant targeted biopsies (TB) for predicting final disease reclassification in MRI-positive low-risk prostate cancer patients eligible for active surveillance (AS) on systematic biopsies (SB).
Materials And Methods: From a prospective database, we included all prebiopsy MRI-positive men fulfilling AS criteria at diagnosis (Toronto [n = 114], UCSF [n = 82], or PRIAS [n = 60] criteria) on SB. All patients underwent a combination of SB and software-based fusion TB, and an immediate radical prostatectomy.
Purpose: We assessed the added value of concomitant systematic biopsy for final grade group prediction in patients with positive magnetic resonance imaging who were undergoing targeted biopsy.
Materials And Methods: Included in study were 478 consecutive patients with prebiopsy positive multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging and a greater than 10-core systematic biopsy combined with fusion targeted biopsy who underwent radical prostatectomy. The primary end point was the grade group concordance between biopsy and radical prostatectomy pathology according to the biopsy technique.
Purpose: To assess the upstaging/upgrading rates of low-risk prostate cancer (PCa) according to the biopsy scheme used (systematic (SB), targeted biopsies (TB), or both) in the setting of positive pre-biopsy MRI.
Patients And Methods: We included 143 consecutive men fulfilling the Toronto University active surveillance (AS) criteria who underwent a pre-biopsy positive MRI, a combination of SB and software-based fusion TB, and a radical prostatectomy, in two expert centres. The primary endpoints were the pathological upgrading and upstaging rates.