A 69-year-old male with the complaint of a cough was referred to our hospital from a clinic where he was found to have simultaneous metastases of the left kidney tumor. We performed left cytoreductive nephrectomy, and administered sunitinib after the surgery. The first line treatment was not effective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdrenocortical carcinoma is a rare cancer with poor prognosis. We report a case of metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma in a 61-year-old man successfully treated with multimodal therapy. A left adrenal tumor was detected incidentally in the patient and an adrenalectomy was performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary aldosteronism characterized by the overproduction of aldosterone by the adrenal glands, is sometimes accompanied by autonomous cortisol secretion. In this study, we retrospectively analyzed 8 cases of primary aldosteronism (PA) with subclinical Cushing's syndrome (SCS). A total of 71 patients with PA underwent surgery at Jikei University Hospital from 2004 to 2013, and 8 of them were diagnosed with coexistent SCS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a case of percutaneous bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) perfusion therapy for carcinoma in situ (CIS) of upper urinary tract after radical cystectomy with ileal neobladder. A 42-year-old man underwent radical cystectomy and ileal neobladder diversion due to the recurrence of CIS in prostatic urethra after transurethral resection of bladder tumor 3 times and 2 courses of intravesical BCG therapy. Final pathological findings showed the presence of CIS in the right distal ureteral margin.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe cure rate of hypertension after surgery for primary aldosteronism (PA) was assessed in a single institution. In the present study, we studied the risk factors on the cure rate of hypertension after surgery in patients with PA. Thirty-five patients who underwent surgery for PA between January 2004 and December 2009, with a follow-up time of 1 year or longer were studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein, we report two cases of female urethral cancer. Case 1 presented with acute urinary retention and case 2 presented with a painful perineal mass. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a urethral tumor in both cases.
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