8 results match your criteria: "Department of Urology Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine Chiba Japan.[Affiliation]"

Introduction: The incidence of bladder cancer following transplantation is high; however, no previous studies have reported the development of bladder cancer following bone marrow and bilateral lung transplantations.

Case Presentation: A 42-year-old man who was followed for bilateral lung transplantation due to chronic graft-versus-host disease following bone marrow transplantation complained of gross hematuria. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor was performed for cT1N0M0 bladder cancer.

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Article Synopsis
  • A case study reports the occurrence of three different types of renal cell carcinomas simultaneously found in a single kidney of a 44-year-old man with end-stage renal disease.
  • Preoperative imaging techniques, like enhanced CT scans, may miss the presence of multiple tumors, as the man was initially diagnosed with only one tumor.
  • The findings suggest that patients with significant kidney issues should be monitored for multiple types of renal cell carcinomas, even if only one tumor is detected through imaging.
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Introduction: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is the standard treatment for adrenal tumors caused by Cushing's syndrome. However, few pregnant women have undergone adrenalectomy because of the risk of general anesthesia and surgery.

Case Presentation: A 28-year-old woman presented with gradually worsening Cushing's signs at around 12 weeks of pregnancy.

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Introduction: Combination therapy using immuno-oncology drugs with tyrosine kinase inhibitors is increasingly important in the therapeutic strategy for metastatic renal cell carcinomas. Here, we report a case of metastatic renal cell carcinoma that was successfully treated with deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy following lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab combination therapy.

Case Presentation: A 49-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of advanced right kidney cancer with multiple lung metastases (cT3aN0M1).

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Introduction: Plasmacytoid variant bladder cancer is a rare variant of urothelial carcinoma that accounts for 1% of bladder cancers. Plasmacytoid variant urothelial carcinoma is characterized by an aggressive phenotype and poor clinical outcomes.

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old woman presented with gross hematuria.

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Introduction: The advent of pembrolizumab has contributed to improved treatment outcomes for metastatic urothelial carcinoma, but the outcomes of treatments after second-line treatment have not been established.

Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man was referred to our hospital with gross hematuria and diagnosed with suspicion of bladder cancer cT1N0M0. Transurethral resection of the bladder tumor was performed, but local recurrence and multiple lung metastases appeared 5 months after surgery.

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Introduction: I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scanning has high sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of tumors derived from sympathetic nerves or the adrenal medulla. We report the rare case of a I-metaiodobenzylguanidine false-positive renal cell carcinoma.

Case Presentation: The patient was referred to our hospital with an incidental left renal mass during evaluation for hypertension.

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