Pyocystis: a systematic review.

Pyocystis, empyema cystis, vesical empyema are all terms that describe the purulent filled bladder that may develop in patients with defunctionalized bladders such as after supravesical urinary diversion without cystectomy or in patients with end-stage renal disease with anuria. It is a severe form of lower urinary tract infection. In addition to the local symptoms of suprapubic pain and malodorous discharge, the condition can be more serious with bacterial dissemination into the blood stream and ensuing sepsis and even mortality.

Outcome of patients with clinically node-positive bladder cancer undergoing consolidative surgery after preoperative chemotherapy: The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Experience.

Purpose: Patients with urothelial cancer with nodal metastasis have a poor prognosis, with many deemed incurable. We report outcomes of a prospective clinical protocol of patients with clinically node-positive disease treated via a multimodality treatment approach.

Patients And Methods: A total of 55 patients with bladder urothelial carcinoma with concurrent node-positive disease including pelvic nodal and retroperitoneal lymph node (RPLN) involvement underwent preoperative chemotherapy followed by consolidative surgery between 1995 and 2010.