BRCA1 mutations and prostate cancer in Poland.

Evidence to date that BRCA1 mutation carriers are at an increased risk of prostate cancer is mixed - both positive and negative studies have been published. To establish whether or not inherited variation in BRCA1 influences prostate cancer risk we genotyped 1793 men with prostate cancer in Poland and 4570 controls for three founder mutations (C61G, 4153delA and 5382insC). A BRCA1 mutation was present in 0.

[One-stage urethroplasty for penoscrotal hypospadias using Denis Browne (Michałowski's modification) technique in a 50-year-old man].

Authors present a case of 50-year-old man with penoscrotal hypospadias in whom using one-stage techniques repair urethra was reconstructed with good functional and cosmetic effect.

A case of lichen planus of the penis mimicking leukoplakia lesions: a review of differential diagnosis.

We describe a case of a 50-year-old man with lesions localized in the region of urethral meatus and on the epithelium of the foreskin. The lesions were observed as the white spots with flat or somewhat depressed surface, locally similar to leukoplakia, lichen sclerosus atrophicus or cicatrix, without any subjective symptoms. Cystoscopy, micturition urography and biopsy were performed by urologist.

Bladder outlet obstruction in women: difficulties in the diagnosis.

Objective: To identify the difficulties in diagnosing bladder outlet obstruction in women.

Material And Methods: 53 women with a mean age of 37.2 (range 16-70) with chronic lower urinary tract symptoms and no neurogenic or organic diseases were examined.

[Treatment of condylomata acuminata with the neodymium laser].

The effectiveness of neodymium laser therapy was presented in the treatment of urogenital condyloma acuminata in 55 patients (51 men and 4 women). The patients were followed up 14 days, 4 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after the laser treatment. The main localization of condyloma acuminata was foreskin and glans penis.

[Ureter injury as a gynecologic surgery complication--prospects for conservative treatment].

There we presented three cases of ureteral injury after gynecological operations. In two cases partial ureteral obstruction was treated by creating percutaneous renal fistula. In the latter case, in spite of conservative treatment (double J catheter), a uretero-vaginal fistula was detected.