[Primary mucinous carcinoma of the female ureter].

The authors report a new case of primary mucinous carcinoma of the urethral meatus in a 66-year-old patient, treated by simple excision. The patient is in very good general health one year after the diagnosis. Although primary mucinous carcinoma of the female urethra is very rare, this diagnosis should be considered in any case of macroscopically suspicious urethral polyp, after having eliminated a gastrointestinal, vesical or gynaecological origin.

[What may be expected from endorectal echography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of local extension of cancer of the prostate?].

Thirty patients presenting with a clinical stage A or B cancer underwent TRUS and MRI with a body coil prior to radical prostatectomy. Imaging and pathology were correlated to assess the limits of TRUS and MRI in pre-operative staging of prostatic carcinoma. Results showed that TRUS and MRI had a sensitivity of 42 and 66% and a specificity of 89 and 94% respectively, for the diagnosis of macroscopic capsular effraction.

[What may be expected from endorectal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of local extension of cancer of the prostate?].

30 patients presenting with a clinical stage A or B cancer underwent TRUS and MRI with a body coil prior to radical prostatectomy. Imaging and pathology were correlated to assess the limits of TRUS and MRI in pre-operative staging of prostatic carcinoma. Results showed that TRUS and MRI had a sensitivity of 42 and 66% and a specificity of 89 and 94% respectively, for the diagnosis of macroscopic capsular effraction.