[Clinical experience of penile elongation: a comparison of four different operative approaches].

Objective: To investigate the curative effect of penile elongation with four differentoperative approaches.

Methods: Through four different operative approaches (the coronary sulcus ringincision, Y or Z shaped incision or Z shaped incision combined with coronary sulcus ring incision), thepenile skin and fascia were degloved until the penile root. Then the superficial and deep dorsal penilesuspensory ligament were cut off.

[CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy for diagnosis of atypical pulmonary tuberculosis: analysis of clinical, imaging and pathological data in 15 cases].

Objective: To explore the clinical value of CT-guided percutaneous needle biopsy (PCNB) for diagnosis of atypical pulmonary tuberculosis.

Methods: The data from 15 patients undergoing diagnostic PCNB for pulmonary tuberculosis were retrospectively analyzed. Prior to PCNB, definitive diagnosis failed to be obtained from other examinations including sputum smear in 10 cases, fiberoptic bronchoscopy in 12, chest X-ray in 13, CT scan in 15, and position emission tomography (PET) with CT examination in 1 case.