[Sub-albugineous castration. A passed-over operation?].

Surgical castration continues to be the most reliable method in the treatment of advanced prostatic carcinoma.

Submucosal renal pelvic calcification simulating a pelvic stone.

We report a case of renal pelvic calcification radiologically simulating a renal pelvic calculus. Radiological and histopathological examination of the resected kidney revealed only submucosal calcification in the renal pelvis. This is the first report in the English literature of a renal pelvic calcification unrelated to amyloidosis.

Osteitis pubis: treatment by heparinisation.

Three cases of osteitis pubis following prostatectomy, herniorrhaphy and combined prostatectomy and herniorrhaphy are presented. Each case was successfully treated by intravenous heparin after other treatments had failed.