Publications by authors named "Joan Caparros"

Objective: To report one case of paraurethral cyst in the male, located in the subglandular penile urethra, an extremely rare pathology.

Methods/results: 46-years-old male patient with the diagnosis of Littre's gland paraurethral cyst. Diagnosis and subsequent treatment.

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Objective: To report a rare case of a Spontaneous perirenal haematoma due to Polyarteritis nodosa treated with a selective embolización of the bleeding aneurysm. Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is one of a spectrum of diseases thet belongs to the pathologic category of necrotizing vasculitis. Spontaneous perirenal haematoma (SPH) is an unusual complication of PAN.

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Objectives: To evaluate the usefulness of bladder cycling (BC) in differentiating between urodynamic abnormalities due to reversible bladder dysfunction and those due to preexisting lower urinary tract (LUT) abnormalities, and to determine if BC increases the diagnostic yield of urodynamic investigations (UIs) in these patients.

Methods: Eleven patients with oligoanuria (<300 ml/day) were evaluated with complete UIs. All cases showed low compliance (mean 6 ml/cm H2O) and low cystometric capacity (mean 146 ml) and were placed in a BC program.

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