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We report here two new cases of ureteral diverticulosis. This condition is found usually in the man of the fifties who has most frequently an urinary tract infection or a prostatic adenoma. The roentgen findings are multiple out-poutchings of the lumbar ureter. Several factors are combined (constitutionnal, urinary tract infection, disordered ureteral-motility) to explain the creation of diverticules in the areas of weakness of ureteral wall, where penetrate the vessels.
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PMID:[Ureteral diverticulosis (author's transl)]. 41 16

A unique case is described of traumatic disruption of an intact collecting system (calices, renal pelvis and ureter) from an intact kidney. Evidence is presented for a congenital weakness at the level of disruption.
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PMID:Traumatic caliceal-parenchymal disruption. 43 Jun 36

A 33-year-old woman, para 1001, had pain in the inner right thigh and proximal right leg weakness. At surgery a locally invasive, fibrotic lesion was found encircling the right ureter, right internal iliac vein and obturator nerve. It extended to the periosteum of the ilium. The lesion was dissected successfully without damage to vital structures, and endometriosis was confirmed histologically.
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PMID:Endometriosis of the obturator nerve. A case report. 235 40

Recently percutaneous transluminal coronary recanalization therapy (PTCR) with urokinase infusion has became one of popular technique for coronary arterial occlusion. This paper reported clinical experience of intraarterial urokinase infusion therapy for acute or superacute stroke patients. The procedure was followed by angiographical study which revealed the major intracerebral arterial occlusion in three cases. Case 1: A 74-year-old female had sudden onset of clouding of consciousness with complete left hemiplegia. The patient was in our urological ward because of treatment for her right ureter tumor, as the patient was immediately subjected to angiographical study and complete occlusion of the trunk of the right middle cerebral artery was revealed four hours after onset. Successively 240,000 IU of urokinase solution was injected through the arterial catheter after angiographical study. This procedure repeated two times with 10 minute intervals. So total amount of 720,000 IU of urokinase was given by intraarterial injection. Immediately after the last urokinase injection the patient started to recover her consciousness and weakness. Simultaneous angiogram demonstrated partial recanalization of the proximal branches of the middle cerebral artery. The following day, she had complete recovery from her neurological deficits although she had transient hemorrhagic tendency. The final angiogram showed no existence of obstructed cerebral arteries as well as no low density areas in computed tomographic images. Case 2: A 73-year-old female, with the left internal carotid occlusion at the site of C1-2 portion, was instituted infusion therapy of similar procedure with total amount of 960,000 IU oi urokinase ten to twenty hours after onset. However, no rewarding was obtained.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Intraarterial urokinase infusion therapy for the acute intracranial major artery occlusion]. 336 98

About 5% of our population suffers from urinary incontinence. Basically urinary incontinence is caused by two mechanisms: (1) loss of voluntary control of the urinary bladder due to detrusor hyperactivity or detrusorhyperreflexia, resulting in urge or reflex incontinence and (2) sphincter weakness or sphincter paralysis resulting in urinary stress incontinence. Less frequent are overflow incontinence and loss of urine due to ectopic ureter or a fistula. Therapy of urge incontinence is basically conservative: Causes for secondary detrusor hyperactivity must be eliminated. With idiopathic hyperactivity "bladder drill" with or without support of parasympathicolytic agents is the method of choice. Also in patients with less severe degrees of genuine urinary stress incontinence conservative therapy is helpful: pelvic floor exercises, performed in an accurate ("feel and move"), regular and persistent way, reduction of body weight in obese persons, regular bladder emptying and the elimination of "stress situations", e.g. chronic bronchitis due to nicotine abuses may improve the situation considerably. The treatment of neurogenic incontinence is rather complex and must be based on the underlying pathophysiology of detrusor and sphincter dysfunction, but also in these patients therapy is mainly conservative. Elderly people have double the incidence of urinary incontinence found in younger age groups. About 20% of those in old persons homes have been found to be incontinent. 80% of these elderly people suffer from urge incontinence as a result of bladder hyperactivity, in about 30% bladder hyperactivity is combined with residual urine and consequent urinary tract infection which makes bladder instability worse. Moreover physical immobility increases the problem of urgency.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:[Urinary incontinence--conservative therapy]. 368 33

Urine incontinence in elderly patients can be observed in about 7% of men and 12% of women. Short review of the anatomy of the urinary bladder, continence mechanism, micturation and bladder innervation. Description of urodynamic examination and the various forms of incontinence with differentiation between extrasphincteric urinary leakage (ectopic ureter, fistula) and incontinence due to weakness of the sphincter or detrusor dysfunction. Discussion of the detrusor function in "neurogenic bladder" as cause of incontinence in many diseases of elderly people (apoplexia, M. Parkinson, diabetes etc.). Briefing of the therapeutic possibilities.
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PMID:[Urinary incontinence in the aged]. 648 83

The ureterocele is a cystic ballooning of the terminal ureter into the bladder resulting from a congenital weakness of the wall of the lower ureter and a facultative concomitant stenosis of the ureteral orifice. This condition is more frequent in females. The cobra head with its surrounding halo is the most common finding on the excretory urogram in the simple adult ureterocele. In ectopic ureterocele which is principally encountered in children, the ureter terminates either at the bladder neck or in the proximal urethra. The urogram shows filling defect in the bladder which may extend into the female urethra. Ureteral duplication, dilatation of the upper urinary tract, vesico-ureteral reflux, chronic infection and ureteral stones are the most frequent additional findings and complications.
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PMID:[The roentgen diagnosis of ureterocele-with special reference to the simple orthotopic ureterocele in adults (author's transl)]. 746 46

We report a case of a 22 years old type 1 diabetic man with a history of weight loss, weakness, anorexia, fever and recurrent urinary tract infection since February 2001. In April 2001, he presented anuria due to obstructive acute renal failure. Hepatosplenomegaly and lymphadenopathy were absent at physical examination. Laboratory tests revealed a high level of gamma globulin (53.4 g/l) and anaemia (haemoglobin 7.7 g/100 ml) without leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. CT scan showed multiple retroperitoneal lymphadenopathies causing compression of the two ureters, hydro-ureter associated with hydronephrosis, hepatosplenomegaly and multiple pulmonary nodes. Lymphadenopathies, anaemia, high level of gamma globulin, high titres of anti-leishmanial antibodies and the excellent outcome after treatment with meglumine antimoniate (Glucantime) confirmed visceral leishmaniasis. This report documented an unusual clinical presentation of Visceral leishmaniasis in a diabetic patient.
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PMID:[Obstructive acute renal failure revealing visceral leishmaniasis in a diabetic patient]. 1272 15

Carcinomatous meningitis from urothelial carcinoma of the bladder and ureter is rare. A 77-year-old man with invasive bladder cancer and right ureter cancer had been treated with 3 courses M-VAC (methotrexate, vinblastine, epirubicin, cisplatin) chemotherapy. After chemotherapy we performed radical cystectomy and right nephroureterectomy (ileal-neobladder) (TCC, G3, pT3, N0, M0). Sixteen months after operation, patient complained of anorexia, muscular weakness, stiff neck. CT of chest and abdomen, and bone scintigraphy showed no metastasis. Brain CT and MRI showed hydrocephalus but no evidence of parenchymal metastasis. Because we suspected carcinomatous meningitis, we performed lumbar puncture. Cerebrospinal fluid cytology revealed class V (urothelial carcinoma). Patient died 6 days after diagnosis of carcinomatous meningitis.
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PMID:[Carcinomatous meningitis from urothelial carcinoma of bladder and ureter: case report]. 1562 93

Dermatomyositis is a rare inflammatory myopathy that has characteristic cutaneous lesions. Although many malignancies are associated with dermatomyositis, urogenital malignancies have rarely been reported to be associated with dermatomyositis. We report here on the first case of ureteral cancer associated with dermatomyositis. A 42-year-old man presented to us with a skin rash. A clinical diagnosis of dermatomyositis was made due to the skin lesions, muscle weakness, arthralgia, the increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate and the increased creatine kinase level. The patient revealed microscopic hematuria and abnormal urine cytology during the investigation for the underlying malignancy. Retrograde pyelography demonstrated a suspicious lesion in the right mid-ureter, and the ureteroscopic biopsy revealed the urothelial carcinoma. Although an operation was recommended, the patient died of pneumonia associated with his interstitial lung disease, which is one of the poor prognostic indicators of dermatomyositis.
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PMID:Ureteral cancer associated with dermatomyositis. 1673 68


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