Items tagged “urology”

Primary urethral cancer, in most cases a urethral carcinoma, is a rare urological malignancy. It can be divided in female urethral cancer and male urethral cancer. Epidemiology It has an incidence of 4.3 per million for males and 1.5 per million for females. It usually manifests in the fifth d...

Abnormal testicular Doppler flow (arterial, venous, or both) can be a differential challenge. Always remember that the patient's presenting history helps quite a bit in narrowing the differential. Reduced flow partial testicular torsion (<360 degrees) venous outflow is obstructed first, resul...

A spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder is usually on a background of a pre-existing pathology and is a urological emergency. For a general discussion of the perforation of the urinary bladder, please refer to the article on urinary bladder rupture. Epidemiology Intraperitoneal bladder t...

The post-void residual refers to the volume of urine that remains in the urinary bladder after micturating. It may be estimated by visualization using ultrasound or directly measured with urethral catheterization Clinical presentation Use of this measurement is of some utility in several disti...