Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy.

This case series describes the diagnostic evaluation of a 33-year-old woman who was 30 weeks pregnant and admitted to the hospital for hypotension.

Accountability in the pesticide industry.

To counter the lack of corporate accountability of the agrochemical industry for the damage caused by its perpetuation of the use of harmful chemical pesticides, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund staff in June 2002 brought together concerned scientists, lawyers, socially responsible investment professionals, and sustainable agriculture advocates at their Pocantico Conference Center. The group's objective was to communicate to market analysts the long-term downside risks of investments in pesticides, in the hope that dissemination of this information would contribute to increasing corporate accountability and safeguarding public and environmental health. Excerpts from its proceedings are presented.

Living donor nephrectomy: a 20-year experience.

Objectives: To review the selection criteria and perioperative morbidity in patients undergoing living-related donor nephrectomy.

Methods: Retrospective chart review.

Results: Six hundred eighty-one patients underwent living donor nephrectomy during a 20-year period without any mortality.

Redo retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy for germ cell tumor.

Redo retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND) for the treatment of germ cell tumors (GCTs) is an uncommonly performed procedure. We report on 9 patients who underwent redo RPLND at the University of Wisconsin (UW) between January 1988 and December 1990. Indications for redo RPLND include: residual retroperitoneal mass after initial RPLND and chemotherapy, normal alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (B-HCG), otherwise negative metastatic workup, and evidence that the mass is resectable.

Laparoscopic management of lymphocele after pelvic lymphadenectomy and radical retropubic prostatectomy.

A new method of managing pelvic lymphoceles after urologic procedures is described. A patient with a symptomatic pelvic lymphocele after pelvic lymph node dissection and radical retropubic prostatectomy was treated laparoscopically. Technical aspects of laparoscopic marsupialization of lymphoceles are described, and the laparoscopic approach is compared with other modalities available for treating lymphoceles.