The cloaca/urogenital sinus and its adjacent region differentiate into the urogenital/reproductive organs. Caudal regression syndrome (CRS; including mermaid syndrome), a type of severe cloacal malformation displays hindlimb fusion and urogenital organ defects, thus suggesting that such defects are caused by several morphogenetic alterations during early development. The attenuation of bone mor...

PURPOSE Retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy are well-known complications of diabetes; they are often expected to occur and, therefore, are usually tested for. However, urogenital complications, such as sexual and voiding dysfunctions, are less well known, and consequently, many patients are not treated appropriately despite their symptoms. Thus, we surveyed diabetic patients with regard to...

abstract background: abdominal tumors are still a diagnostic problem in children. this study was conducted to assess the presentation and types of childhood intra abdominal tumors in children in shiraz. materials and methods: participants of this historical cohort study consisted of 298 children aged between 1.5 months to 15 years old who were diagnosed with abdominal mass between march 2003 an...

severe congenital neutropenia (scn) is a rare primary immunodeficiency. different genes are found to be associated with scn, including ela2, hax1, was, gfi1, g-csfr. also, recently g6pc3 as a rare gene in scn has been reported. patients with g6pc3 often have cardiac and/or urogenital malformations. two patients with   persistent   severe   neutropenia,   recurrent   infections   and   maturatio...

At the most recent Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in Orlando February 2015, a task force was organized to discuss issues in trial design in nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer. Our aim was to provide further clarification regarding disease states following treatment of patients with intravesical BCG and to determine what events constitute progression following any treatment for non-muscle invasi...

PURPOSE In this study, we investigated the ability of UroVysion to assess response to intravesical therapy in patients with high risk superficial bladder tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective review of patients undergoing intravesical therapy for high risk superficial bladder tumors. Urine specimens were collected for UroVysion analysis before and immediately after a cour...

The first International Conference ―Urogenital Infections and Tuberculosis‖ was held in Novosibirsk 24–26 October 2013. Three hundred and twelve delegates from 73 cities in 16 countries took part in the conference. Actual problems of urogenital tract infection (UTI) including tuberculosis (TB) as a specific infection were discussed, including: nosocomial infections in urology, various aspects o...