Role of AgNOR count and its correlation with serum PSA levels in prostatic lesions.

Objective: Prostatic diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The need is to detect the disease early in its natural history and manage it aggressively. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is not very sensitive, thus other indices are being employed.

Cytomegalovirus ureteritis: an unreported cause of hematuria in an immunocompetent individual.

A middle-aged woman presented with painless hematuria and passage of large clots. Two weeks earlier, she had pyrexia with upper respiratory tract symptoms. Imaging studies revealed no lesions of the urinary tract.

Adrenal schwannoma: a case report and review of literature.

Nerve sheath tumors occurring in the adrenal gland are uncommon. Although schwannomas originating in retroperitoneal and juxta-adrenal locations have been reported, those occurring in adrenal gland are rare. Till date no such case has been documented in the Indian literature.

Emphysematous pyelonephritis with calculus: Management strategies.

Objective: Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) with calculus is well recognized but with very few reports on its treatment. Our aim is to elucidate our experience in its successful management.

Materials And Methods: Over four years, we diagnosed seven cases (eight renal units) of EPN, out of which two patients (three renal units) had EPN with urinary calculi.

Adrenal oncocytoma masquerading as a functional tumor.

Adrenal oncocytoma is a rare entity, with 20 cases reported in literature. A functional oncocytoma is extremely rare. We present a case of adrenal oncocytoma in a hypertensive male who had elevated catecholamine levels, which improved after adrenalectomy with decrease in daily antihypertensive requirement.

Comparative study of zinc levels in benign and malignant lesions of the prostate.

Objectives: The normal human prostate accumulates the highest levels of zinc of any soft tissue in the body. The presence of zinc in the prostate of a number of mammalian species, including rhesus monkeys and humans, has been well documented. The aims of this study were to investigate the concentrations of zinc in various disorders of the prostate and to find a correlation between them.