Rupture of the superficial vein of penis: therapeutic options.

Objective: To report an uncommon clinical case of spontaneous rupture of the superficial dorsal vein of penis.

Method: A 27-year-old male patient attended the emergency room following spontaneous occurrence of a large hematoma and deformity in the penis. Rupture of cavernous bodies was initially suspected.

[Splenosis simulating a renal mass].

Objective: To report a case of splenosis and to review its diagnosis and treatment in the related literature.

Method: We report the case of an asymptomatic 49-year-old man with splenectomy performed when he was 22. Lumbo-sacral MRI showed a left perirenal mass probably with renal origin.

[Emphysematous cystitis: case report].

Objective: To report one case of emphysematous cystitis and to review its diagnosis and treatment in the related literature.

Method: We report the case of a type II diabetic 91-year-old woman with jaundice, hematuria, vomits, abdominal pain and poor glycemia control. Diagnosis was obtained by plain abdominal X-ray and ultrasonography, and confirmed by CT.

[Gunshot bladder trauma: case report and literature review].

Objective: To report one case of gunshot bladder trauma and to review its diagnosis and treatment in the related literature.

Methods: We report the case of a 43-year-old-male with an abdominal firearm wound and gross haematuria. Imaging diagnosis by abdominal and pelvic CT and CT-cystography.

[Brucella orchyoepididymitis: case report].

Objectives: To report one case of unilateral acute orchiepididymitis due to Brucella and to review its diagnosis and treatment in the related literature.

Method: We report the case of a 37-year-old-male with undulant fever, scrotal pain and swelling and osteoarticular involvement. Diagnosis was obtained by anamnesis, blood cultures and specific serologic tests for Brucella.

[Atypical sites of metastatic renal carcinoma. Literature review].

Objective: To review in the literature atypical sites of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, its onset, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

Methods: To review, using Medline database, atypical sites of metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the last five years Spanish literature.

Results: There have been published 15 spanish articles about atypical metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the last five years.

[Surgical complications after kidney transplantation. Research based on 185 cases].

Objective: To analyze the incidence of surgical complications its diagnosis and treatment after renal transplantation.

Methods: A retrospective study measuring the incidence of surgical complications and reviewing its diagnosis and treatment in 185 renal single transplants.

Results: 185 transplants, 27% had surgical complications.