A 69-year-old man was referred to our hospital for a right renal pelvic tumor noted on a computed tomography (CT) scan at another hospital. Urine cytology was negative. Dynamic CT revealed a right renal pelvic tumor and, accidentally, a small left renal tumor enhanced in the arterial phase and washed out in the venous phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe conducted our original self-completed questionnaire survey on a total of 305 women who came to our urology department as an outpatient from March 2014 to September 2014. They were asked to fill in the questionnaire on their experience of usage as well as how and where they were using the washing function of the toilet seat. The effective response rate was 95.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the efficacy of dutasteride add-on therapy for patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) with small prostates who have been treated with α-blocker therapy for >3 months.
Methods: A total of 110 men with clinical BPH were enrolled. There were 17 and 93 subjects with a prostate volume (PV) <30 and ≥30 mL, respectively.
An 82-year-old woman presented to our hospital in April 2009 complaining of sensations of a descending bladder and residual urine, and frequent urination. She had given birth to two children. She had undergone simple total hysterectomy for uterine myoma at another hospital in 1974 and anterior colporrhaphy for anterior vaginal wall prolapse, also at another hospital, in 2008.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 39-year-old man visited our clinic with gross hematuria. Cystoscopy revealed a papillary tumor at the urinary bladder dome. Abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography(CT) demonstrated a tumor extending from the umbilicus to the bladder dome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report two cases of sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), potentially fatal complications, following transrectal prostate biopsy. We also review similar cases reported in Japan. Case 1: A 63-year-old man received a cathartic and levofloxacin (LVFX) for prophylaxis.
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