Items tagged “urology”
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Transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis
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20 Nov 2009
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Fluoroscopy
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Urinary bladder rupture
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24 May 2010
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Acute pyelonephritis
Acute pyelonephritis (plural: acute pyelonephritides) is a bacterial infection of the renal pelvis and parenchyma most commonly seen in young women. It remains common and continues to have significant morbidity in certain groups of patients.
Epidemiology
The incidence of acute pyelonephritis p...
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Testicular torsion
Testicular torsion occurs when a testis torts on the spermatic cord resulting in the cutting off of blood supply. The most common symptom is acute testicular pain and the most common underlying cause, a bell-clapper deformity. The diagnosis is often made clinically but if it is in doubt, an ultr...
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Urinary bladder hernia
Herniation of the urinary bladder is a relatively uncommon but not a rare condition. It occurs when the urinary bladder or ureter herniates into the inguinal canal, scrotal sac or femoral canal. Herniations through ischiorectal, obturator, or abdominal wall openings have also been described. Bla...
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Urinary bladder trauma
Urinary bladder trauma describes a spectrum of damage that can be caused to the urinary bladder, usually in the context of significant trauma.
Epidemiology
Bladder trauma is generally associated with high energy injuries, and is associated with pelvic fractures in the majority of cases 3,6. Th...
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Hypospadias
Hypospadias refers to a type of congenital malformation affecting the male external genitalia.
Epidemiology
The estimated prevalence is ~2 (range 0.2-4.1) per 1000 live births.
Pathology
The urethral meatus is abnormally positioned proximally and ventrally to its normal position.
It is thou...
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Urethral foreign body
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24 Jun 2013
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Hydronephrosis
Hydronephrosis (plural: hydronephroses) is defined as dilatation of the urinary collecting system of the kidney (the calyces, the infundibula, and the pelvis) 1.
Hydronephrosis in fetuses and newborns has specific causes that are covered in a separate article.
Terminology
The term hydroureter...
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Spinal schwannoma
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30 Jul 2013
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Bilateral ureteritis and cystitis
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21 Oct 2013
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CT
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Urethro-scroto-cutaneous fistula
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16 Nov 2013
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Fluoroscopy
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Acute pyelonephritis
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28 Nov 2013
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CT
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Renal and colon trauma from gunshot
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13 Dec 2013
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Thoracic and abdominopelvic multitrauma
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13 Dec 2013
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Hydronephrosis grading (SFU system)
The grading system of hydronephrosis developed by the Society of Fetal Urology (SFU) was devised to assess the degree of hydronephrosis. This particular system is thought to be the most common in use and was originally designed for grading neonatal and infant pelvicalyectasis:
grade 0
no dilat...
Case
Testicular torsion
Published
24 Jan 2014
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Ultrasound
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Leukoplakia of the urinary tract
Leukoplakia of the urinary tract is a squamous metaplasia of the urothelium (keratinization).
Clinical presentation
Clinically the condition presents with hematuria in one-third of cases, dysuria, frequency and nocturia, and thus it can mimic cystitis. Passage of the desquamated keratinized e...
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Renal injury - AAST grade V
Published
13 Feb 2014
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CT
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Traumatic urethra and bladder rupture
Published
18 Feb 2014
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Fluoroscopy
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