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Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis with prostato-rectal fistula: a case report and review of the literature.
Res Rep Urol
September 2016
Department of Urology, Tangshan People's Hospital, Tangshan, People's Republic of China.
Purpose: Xanthogranulomatous prostatitis (XP) is a rare form of nonspecific granulomatous prostatitis that can clinically mimic high-grade prostatic carcinoma. It is difficult to diagnose it definitely in clinical settings.
Methods: We report a case of XP with prostate-rectal fistula and review the relevant literatures.
Use of a rectal spacer with low-dose-rate brachytherapy for treatment of prostate cancer in previously irradiated patients: Initial experience and short-term results.
Brachytherapy
October 2014
Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address:
Background: Salvage brachytherapy in patients with prior pelvic radiation carries a risk of rectal injury. Herein, we report our initial experience using a hydrogel spacer between the prostate and the rectum during salvage brachytherapy.
Methods And Materials: A total of 11 patients with prostate cancer and prior radiotherapy (5 prostate brachytherapy, 2 prostate external beam radiation therapy [EBRT], and 4 rectal cancer EBRT) received (125)I brachytherapy after attempted placement of 10cc of a diluted hydrogel spacer between the prostate and rectum.
Middle rectal artery: myth or reality? Retrospective study with CT angiography and digital subtraction angiography.
Surg Radiol Anat
August 2013
Anatomy Department, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
This work aimed to study the prevalence and radiologic anatomy of the middle rectal artery (MRA) using computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The retrospective study (October 2010-February 2012) focused in 167 male patients with prostate enlargement (mean age 64.7 years, range 47-81 years) who underwent selective pelvic arterial embolization for the relief of lower urinary tract symptoms.
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Arch Ital Urol Androl
September 2012
Department of Surgery, Anambra State University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, Nigeria.
Objective: Benign prostatic hypertrophy forms the bulk of urology workload in many sub-Saharan African hospitals. However, its management in secondary hospitals encounters specific problems that are rarely seen in the bigger tertiary institutions. We have tried to describe these difficulties across an account of open prostatectomy in regional secondary referral hospitals in the Côte d'Ivoire.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGracilis transposition for prostato-rectal fistula.
Tech Coloproctol
October 2012
Seow-Choen Colorectal Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
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