Ablation of bull prostate using novel bipolar radiofrequency ablation probe.

Purpose: We describe the use of a novel bipolar radiofrequency (RF) system for the destruction of prostate tissue in an ex vivo model.

Materials And Methods: A bipolar RF delivery system (Trod Medical, France) was linked to a 500 kHz generator. Eight lesions were created in an ex vivo bull prostate model using 7-mm (n = 4) and 10-mm probes (n = 4).

Endoscopic management of renal lymphangioma: a case report.

A 46-year-old woman presented with total painless gross hematuria, an 8-mm polypoid mass that proved to be a lymphangioma was found in the upper pole collecting system of the left kidney. The mass was resected ureteroscopically with holmium laser fulguration of the base. The few reported cases of this rare lesion suggest that rigorous postoperative surveillance is not necessary for this benign condition.

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and temporal lobe epilepsy.

The concomitant finding of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and temporal lobe epilepsy raises the issue of whether or not these entities are related. The case presented herein is one such example. The possible pathophysiologic basis of infertility and temporal lobe epilepsy is reviewed.

Acute urinary retention associated with flecainide.

A case of acute urinary retention, presumably secondary to the use of the antiarrhythmic drug flecainide, is presented. A mechanism for this effect is proposed based on the possibility of a local anesthetic effect on bladder mucosa.