OBJECTIVE To verify whether bladder and ureter endometriosis had the same clinical features and disease behavior. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Multidisciplinary group in Sao Paulo, Brazil. PATIENT(S) A total of 690 patients were submitted to laparoscopy with histologically diagnosis of endometriosis between July 1999 and December 2006. Twelve of these patients had lesions affecting ...

Diseases of urachal remnants are uncommon and generally located on the junction of the urachal remnant with the bladder dome. In most cases such diseases correspond to mucinous adenocarcinomas and present hematuria as their most common clinical finding. The authors report the case of a 62-year-old female patient undergoing follow-up due to macroscopic hematuria for three years. Ultrasonography ...

gastro-hepatic omentum?of such great practical importance to the surgeon?are clearly described and figured. The arrangement of mucous membrane at the commencement of the cystic duct is well shown in a diagram (after Testut), and it is enough to look at the diagram to see how easily a bougie used to explore the ducts may be caught by the so-called " spiral valve." Operations are described in det...

Chronic renal failure in patients with tumors of urinary bladder appears because of either familial tubulo-interstitial pielonephritis evolution (Balkan Endemic Nephropathy) or invasion and obstructive uropathy. A group of 27 clinical cases with tumors of urinary bladder and renal failure was available for our study between the years 2004-2005. Simultaneity of the two serious diseases, neoplasi...

bladder cancer is the most frequent genitourinary malignancy in iran. environmental and genetic factors are the two factors linked with bladder cancer expansion. the aim of this study was to investigate the role of pten gene and environmental risk factors on the progression and prognosis of bladder cancer.we evaluated 55 tumor specimens and 66 bladder mucosa samples of non-cancerous patients be...

The gall bladder (Latin: vesica fellea or vesica basilaris) is the storage organ for the bile and has a storage capacity of 40 – 50 ml. On its way from the liver to the duodenum, the bile runs through a duct system which is referred to as the bile ducts. The function of the gall bladder and the bile ducts is an elementary prerequisite for the complex process of digestion and can be impaired by ...

opium use is one of the most common forms of substance abuse in iran and there are some evidence indicating it is a risk factor of transitional cell carcinoma (tcc) of the urinary bladder. the majority of opium users are also cigarette smokers, so consideration of the high prevalence of smoking which is the most important risk factor of tcc of the urinary bladder among opium users is essential ...

background: recognition of the predisposing factors of bladder cancer is very important and provides possible prevention measures. the aim of this study was to investigate the types, distribution of bladder tumors and their relationship with opium consumption and smoking in patients who referred to shahid beheshti hospital, babol, iran. methods: in this case-control study, all patients diagnose...

In the present study an attempt has been made to measure the changes occurring in levels of some neuro-humors, such as catecholamines, serotonin (5-HT) and acetylcholine in blood and urine, after distension of urinary bladder caused by suppression of urine urge. Distenision of urinary bladder was produced by withholding the urine rabbits and observations were made at hourly intervals. Canges ob...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LSC) was attempted in 30 patients and was accomplished in 29 during the nine months between March and November 1991. Twenty eight patients had cholelithiasis with or without adenomyosis, and two had adenomyosis of the gall-bladder. Mean operative time was 219 min and postoperative pain was slight. Two complications (6.9%), including necrosis of the common hepatic d...