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Introduction: Post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernias are not commonly diagnosed immediately after the initial trauma. There is a greater prevalence of left hernias due to the fragility or injury in diaphragm muscle and the lack of solid and fixed structures on the left side.

Presentation Of Case: A male patient, 30 years old, he was admitted to the emergency department presenting diffuse abdominal pain, vomiting, dyspnea, pain in the left hemithorax with worsening during forced inspiration.

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The insertion of a double-j catheter in patients with urinary lithiasis is currently important because it reduces the chances of obstructive complications such as hydronephrosis and renal functional loss. The following case aims to show the patient evolution which presented the complete migration of the catheter to the renal pelvis and how it could complicate its prognosis. Placing a dual-catheter for treatment of lithiasis is a routine procedure in urology services but is not beyond complications during the process.

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Introduction: Penile cancer is a rare malignant tumour top in urology, especially in developed countries or in a favourable cultural habit. However, in developing countries or with a low socio-economic population, the incidence increases considerably, as does the stage at which the patient arrives for the first care.

Case Presentation: Male patient, 20 years old, from the interior of Amazonas - Brazil, has been referred to a Urological Service in the Emergency Room due to a vegetative lesion of approximately 10 centimetres, with an ulcerated centre and irregular borders in penile glans.

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