The recovery of three stone-like ovoid objects within the burial of a pre-Mesolithic (Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene) individual at Al Khiday cemetery (Central Sudan) raises the question of the nature and origin of these objects. The position in which the objects were found in relation to the human skeleton suggested a pathological condition affecting the individual, possibly urinary bladder, ...

Prostatectomy is one of the most common urologic procedures. Although TURP is now considered the standard procedure, open prostatectomy still plays a major role in urology. Simple prostatectomy should be considered when the obstructive tissue is estimated to weigh more than 75 g, bladder diverticula, large bladder calculi, ankylosis of the hip or other orthopedic conditions that prevent proper ...

the formation of renal and urinary calculi is not due to a single cause but occurs as a multifactor entity, by which some of them still are unknown. three theories of stones formation including nucleation, stone matrix and inhibition of crystallization do not accuse water hardness as a main cause of the formation of urinary calculi 120 patients suffering from renal and urinary calculi and the s...

Hematospermia or hemospermia is defined as the presence of blood in ejaculate. It often invokes considerable anxiety and is frightening for the patient. Mostly, it is due to infectious causes and regarded as a benign and self-limiting condition particularly in younger patients. Patients above 40 years of age and those with high risk factors require thorough evaluation. Detailed examination is m...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a non-cancerous increase in the tissue mass of the prostate, the muscular gland that produces seminal fluid. BPH is one of the most common medical conditions affecting older men. It may be diagnosed because of urinary symptoms, or identified when a large prostate is found during a routine screening rectal exam. Many men simply have a slow worsening of sympt...

background: prostatic adenocarcinoma is the most prevalent cancer and the second cause of cancer-related death among men. human papilloma virus (hpv) considered as a preventable risk factor for prostatic adenocarcinoma. in this study, we detected the frequency of hpv infection in prostatic adenocarcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph) in isfahan. materials and methods: in this study, 12...