Background We present a case of Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGPN) in a male child with renal vein thrombus extending into the inferior vena cava. This is a rare presentation. XGPN is a rare type of renal infection characterised by granulomatous inflammation with giant cells and foamy histiocytes. The peak incidence is in the sixth to seventh decade with a female predominance. XGPN is ra...

Sir,?I doubt if the proposal which Major C. Duer put forward in his letter headed " Litliotrity and Litholapaxy" in last November issue of The Indian Medical Gazette will find much favour among men of our service interested in the surgery of vesical calculus. We have used the designation 'litholapaxy' in India for the last thirty years to the almost total exclusion of the word ' lithotrity.' I ...

Giant vesical calculus (more than 100 g) is a very rare clinical entity [1]. During pregnancy, it may be associated with infections, abortions, premature delivery, urinary fistula, and rarely dystocia of labor [2]. When bladder stone (BS) remains asymptomatic and thereby gains large size of several centimetres, it may be diagnosed first time during labor when timely interventions must be taken ...

There are several modalities for the treatment of the overactive bladder (OAB), but the results may not be satisfactory. A recent study has demonstrated that the OAB has a dysrhythmic electric activity that seems to result from a disordered vesical pacemaker. We hypothesized that vesical pacing may correct the irregularities of the vesical electric waves and consequently normalize the vesical c...

pounds administered into the caudal vesical arteries were investigated under blood perfusion at a constant rate. TEA, physostigmine, phenylephrine, 5hydroxytryptamine, angiotensin II, lys-vasopressin, oxytocin and ergotamine caused a contraction of the bladder and constriction of the vesical vascular bed. Acetylcholine, bethanechol, carbachol, TMA, lobeline, nicotine, DMPP, neostig mine, histam...

INTRODUCTION In female patients with neuropathic bladder, the urethra is closed permanently in order to avoid urine leak. Then Benchekroun hydraulic ileal valve is attached to urinary bladder, thus providing a continent stoma for performing intermittent catheterisations. CASE PRESENTATION We present a female patient with spina bifida who underwent Benchekroun continent vesicostomy in 1993. Th...