Combination of abducens nerve palsy and ipsilateral postganglionic Horner syndrome as an initial manifestation of uterine cervical cancer.

A 74-year-old woman presented with abducens nerve palsy, postganglionic Horner syndrome and sensory disturbance in the territory of the ophthalmic nerve on the left side. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a gadolinium-enhanced lesion within the left cavernous sinus. Thereafter, uterine cervical cancer was detected as the origin of this intra-cavernous sinus metastasis.

Prostate cancer screening with prostate-specific antigen in hemodialysis patients.

Background/aims: The diagnostic validity of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) among men receiving hemodialysis (HD) has not been well defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate PSA levels in HD men and to compare them with those of non-uremic controls.

Methods: PSA levels were measured in 620 HD men (40-89 years old, mean age 62.

Efficacy compared between caudal block and periprostatic local anesthesia for transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate needle biopsy.

Objectives: To investigate the clinical efficacy of a caudal block compared with periprostatic local anesthesia for transrectal ultrasound-guided multicore prostate needle biopsy.

Methods: A total of 100 patients who had undergone initial prostate biopsy using a systematic five-region biopsy by a single operator were investigated. The patients were randomly divided into two groups, with each group receiving a different anesthetic modality before biopsy.

Effects of quercetin on the heat-induced cytotoxicity of prostate cancer cells.

Background: It has been demonstrated that prostate cancer cells are relatively sensitive to heat stress. We have reported that heat treatment at 43 degrees C increases the expression of heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) in prostate cancer cells, leading to apoptosis. Hsp70 is a protein that protects cells against heat damage.

[Left adrenocortical cancer with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus--a case report].

An 62-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for an evaluation of high grade fever, body weight loss and lumbago. He was diagnosed as having a left adrenal tumor with intracaval extension and underwent a radical surgery, including resection of the tumor, left kidney, spleen and IVC tumor thrombus. Histopathological diagnosis was adrenocortical carcinoma with tumor thrombus.