Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy for high-risk superficial bladder cancer.

Twelve consecutive patients with carcinoma in situ (CIS) and 17 with T1G3 transitional cell cancer of the bladder were given intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy after transurethral resection of all visible lesions. BCG (150 mg in 50 ml normal saline) was given once weekly for 12 weeks and then once monthly for 6 months. The median follow-up was 2.

Three cases of didmoad or Wolfram's syndrome: urological aspects.

We report on 3 patients with the rare syndrome of diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, neurosensory deafness, atony of the urinary tract and other abnormalities (DIDMOAD or Wolfram's syndrome). All 3 patients had diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness and dilatation of the urinary tract. In 2 patients there was diabetes insipidus.

Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas in nontraumatic spontaneous perirenal hemorrhage.

We report on 8 patients who presented with acute abdominal pain, palpable mass and a rapid decrease in hemoglobin. Intravenous pyelogram, ultrasound and computed tomography had been performed but the underlying cause of the perirenal hematoma couldn't be detected. Surgical exploration was decided and 6 total and 2 partial nephrectomies were performed.

Spontaneous rupture of the kidney: a cause of acute abdominal pain. Case report.

We report on 5 patients who presented with acute onset of abdominal pain, a palpable mass, and a rapid decrease in hemoglobin. All 5 patients had been entirely free of urological symptoms until shortly before hospitalization. Spontaneous rupture of a kidney with an underlying pathological condition was found in all cases.