Items tagged “urology”
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Case
Transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis

Diagnosis certain
Published 20 Nov 2009
66% complete
Fluoroscopy
Case
Urinary bladder rupture

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 May 2010
82% complete
Ultrasound
Article
Acute pyelonephritis
Acute pyelonephritis (plural: acute pyelonephritides) is a bacterial infection of the renal pelvis and parenchyma most commonly seen in young women. It remains common and continues to have significant morbidity in certain groups of patients.
Epidemiology
The incidence of acute pyelonephritis p...
Article
Testicular torsion
Testicular torsion occurs when a testicle torts on the spermatic cord resulting in the cutting off of blood supply. The most common symptom is acute testicular pain and the most common underlying cause, a bell-clapper deformity. The diagnosis is often made clinically but if it is in doubt, an ul...
Article
Urinary bladder hernia
Herniation of the urinary bladder is a relatively uncommon but not a rare condition. It occurs when the urinary bladder or ureter herniates into the inguinal canal, scrotal sac or femoral canal. Herniations through ischiorectal, obturator, or abdominal wall openings have also been described. Bla...
Article
Urinary bladder rupture
Urinary bladder rupture is usually seen in the context of significant trauma.
Pathology
Etiology
Bladder rupture can be categorized into five types depending on the location and extent of the rupture:
Bladder contusion
This is commonly seen but sometimes not classed as true rupture, since i...
Article
Hypospadias
Hypospadias refers to a type of congenital malformation affecting the male external genitalia.
Epidemiology
The estimated prevalence is ~2 (range 0.2-4.1) per 1000 live births.
Pathology
The urethral meatus is abnormally positioned proximally and ventrally to its normal position.
It is thou...
Case
Urethral foreign body

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Jun 2013
88% complete
X-ray
Article
Hydronephrosis
Hydronephrosis (plural: hydronephroses) is defined as dilatation of the urinary collecting system of the kidney (the calyces, the infundibula, and the pelvis) 1.
Hydronephrosis in fetuses and newborns has specific causes that are covered in a separate article.
Terminology
The term hydroureter...
Case
Spinal schwannoma

Diagnosis certain
Published 30 Jul 2013
92% complete
MRICT
Case
Bilateral ureteritis and cystitis

Diagnosis almost certain
Published 21 Oct 2013
77% complete
CT
Case
Urethro-scroto-cutaneous fistula

Diagnosis certain
Published 16 Nov 2013
88% complete
Fluoroscopy
Case
Acute pyelonephritis

Diagnosis probable
Published 28 Nov 2013
71% complete
CT
Case
Renal and colon trauma from gunshot

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Dec 2013
95% complete
CT
Case
Thoracic and abdominopelvic multitrauma
Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Dec 2013
98% complete
CTX-ray
Article
Hydronephrosis (grading)
Grading systems of hydronephrosis have been devised to communicate the degree of upper collecting system dilatation. The most common system used (Society of Fetal Urology, SFU) was originally designed for grading neonatal and infant hydronephrosis:
grade 0
no dilatation, calyceal walls are app...
Case
Testicular torsion

Diagnosis certain
Published 24 Jan 2014
94% complete
Ultrasound
Article
Leukoplakia of the urinary tract
Leukoplakia of the urinary tract is a squamous metaplasia of the urothelium (keratinization).
Clinical presentation
Clinically the condition presents with hematuria in one-third of cases, dysuria, frequency and nocturia, and thus it can mimic cystitis. Passage of the desquamated keratinized e...
Case
Renal injury - AAST grade V

Diagnosis certain
Published 13 Feb 2014
95% complete
CT
Case
Traumatic urethra and bladder rupture

Diagnosis certain
Published 18 Feb 2014
95% complete
CTFluoroscopy