[Early Diagnosis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder Reached by Routine Abdominal Ultrasonography in a Patient on Self-Catheterization : A Case Report].

A 69-year-old woman was referred to our department for refractory cystitis. Incomplete emptying of the bladder was observed, and symptoms did not improve after medication. Clean intermittent catheterization was initiated.

[Assessment of quality of life in women with pelvic organ prolapse: conditional translation and trial of P-QOL for use in Japan].

Introduction: A purpose of the surgical treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is not only the anatomical restoration of the patients but also the improvement of their quality of life (QOL). We have no linguistic validated questionnaire in Japanese to assess it. Therefore we have translated 'prolapse quality of life questionnaire (P-QOL)' into Japanese and present it to the thirty POP patients at our institute for evaluating mental and physical condition before and three months after the operation.

[Complications of tension-free vaginal tape procedure: a comparison of the vaginal and abdominal approaches].

Objectives: The objectives of this clinical study is to demonstrate our experience of the abdominal approach (from the abdominal wall to the vagina) for the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) operation and to identify factors responsible for complications relating to the puncture.

Materials And Methods: One hundred and fifty-one cases of patients with stress incontinence who underwent the tension-free vaginal tape operation were analyzed. Among them, 75 cases underwent the TVT procedure with the vaginal approach (from the vagina to the abdominal wall) and the remaining 76 cases underwent the TVT procedure with the abdominal approach (from the abdominal wall to the vagina).

[A case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the kidney].

We report a case of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) of the kidney. A 50-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of left back pain. Computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a huge left retroperitoneal tumor (30 x 13 x 11 cm), which consisted of a solid tumor with calcification surrounding the cystic component.

[A case report: mucinous carcinoma of prostate].

We present a case of mucinous carcinoma of prostate. A 64-year-old man visited our hospital because of high score of prostate specific antigen (PSA). Prostatic biopsies were performed twice, but cancer was not found.

[A case report: an urethral tumor with cavernous structure developed after optical urethrotomy].

A 70-year-old man underwent transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in February 1999 and he received optical urethrotomy because of urethral stricture in May. In May 2000, a distal urethral tumor was found by urethroscopy. Endoscopic resection of the urethral tumor was performed.

[A case of mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix penetrating the urinary bladder].

The patient, an 81-year-old woman, had the chief complaint of macroscopic hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a bladder tumor, which was determined by biopsy to be mucin-producing adenocarcinoma. Appendiceal carcinoma that invaded the bladder were diagnosed preoperatively by air-contract barium enema and magnetic resonance.