Anaplastic, T-Cell, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Presenting with Haematuria by C. Blick, S. Abdelhadi, D. Bailey, A. Muneer

“…Although accounting for only 0.2% of all primary bladder tumours, the majority of bladder lymphomas are B-cell lymphomas. …”
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Simultaneous Viewing of Individual Cells and Ambient Microvasculature Using Optical Absorption and Fluorescence Contrasts by Zhixing Xie, Sung-Liang Chen, Mario L. Fabiilli, J. Brian Fowlkes, K. Kirk Shung, Qifa Zhou, Paul L. Carson, Xueding Wang

“…To explore the potential of this system for diagnosis of bladder cancer, experiments were conducted on a rat bladder model. …”
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Retrograde Positive Contrast Urethrocystography of the Fish Urogenital System by Francesco Macrì, Annamaria Passantino, Michela Pugliese, Simona Di Pietro, Daniele Zaccone, Pietro Giorgianni, Rossella Bonfiglio, Fabio Marino

“…In Sparus aurata the urinary bladder has a globoid shape. In Dicentrarchus labrax the urinary bladder is smaller and elongate. …”
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Update on Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Urothelial Carcinoma by Carrie Costantini, Frederick Millard

“…Chemotherapy is commonly used in the treatment of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. This paper will review the role of chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, bladder sparing, and metastatic settings.…”
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Urodynamic Evaluation after High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound for Patients with Prostate Cancer by Luigi Mearini, Elisabetta Nunzi, Silvia Giovannozzi, Luca Lepri, Carolina Lolli, Antonella Giannantoni

“…De novo overactive bladder and impaired bladder compliance were detected in 10% of patients at 3 months, with progressive improvement at longer follow-up. …”
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Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Mycobacterium bovis after Intravesical Instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) by Eric Gomez, Tom Chiang, Ted Louie, Madhavi Ponnapalli, Robert Eng, David B. Huang

“…Intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) is a treatment to prevent recurrence of superficial urothelial bladder carcinoma. Complications after bladder instillation of BCG have been reported including locally invasive and systemic infections due to dissemination of Mycobacterium bovis from the bladder. …”
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Bilateral Obstructive Uropathy Secondary to Giant Periureteral Diverticulum by Alberto Hernando Arteche, Luis Alberto San Jose Manso, Carlos Olivier Gomez, Angel Nellyt Silmi Moyano

“…Bladder diverticula are herniations of the mucosa through the fibers of the bladder muscle connected by necks of variable amplitude. …”
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Connatal Urinary Ascites in a Female Preterm by Barbara Brunner, Elisabeth Ralser, Elisabeth D’Costa, Kathrin Maurer, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Elke Griesmaier

“…A micturating cystourethrogram showed spontaneous closure of the bladder leak. Conclusion. The female infant experienced fetal bladder rupture and connatal urinary ascites due to maternal pneumonia and intensive care. …”
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The Youngest Korean Case of Urachal Carcinoma by Seung Ryeol Lee, Haeyoun Kang, Moon Hyung Kang, Young Dong Yu, Chang Il Choi, Kyung Hwa Choi, Dong Soo Park, Young Kwon Hong

“…CT scan showed a 4.0 × 6.8 cm sized lobulated cystic mass over the bladder dome. Cystoscopy showed a ball-shaped extrinsic mass from the bladder dome with intact bladder mucosa. …”
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Relationship between Activities of Daily Living of Home-Based Rehabilitation Users and Caregiver Burden-Induced Depression: A Retrospective Study by Takuro Ohashi, Takaaki Fujita, Yui Togashi, Yuji Ohashi, Yuta Kisara, Ryohei Jinbo, Ryuichi Kasahara, Yuichi Yamamoto

“…The cutoff value associated with high caregiver burden was 5 points for the controlling bladder item of the Barthel index (BI) (sensitivity: 90%, specificity: 70%). …”
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Prenatal visualization of the fetal uterus in routine 2D ultrasound examination by Pedro Azumendi, Marisa Borenstein, Jesús Salvador Jiménez, Ernesto González-Mesa, Carlos Corrales, Guillermo Azumendi, Ignacio Alonso-Usabiaga, Juan Gómez-Salgado, Francisco Javier Fernández-Carrasco

“…In this transverse view of the fetal pelvis different structures can be identified from front to back: the bladder, the bowel and the vertebral body. If the uterus is present, it can be seen between the bladder and the rectum, as a round structure pushing the posterior bladder wall. …”
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An Investigation of the Basic Physics of Irrigation in Urology and the Role of Automated Pump Irrigation in Cystoscopy by Dwayne Chang, Rustom P. Manecksha, Konstantinos Syrrakos, Nathan Lawrentschuk

“…To investigate the effects of height, external pressure, and bladder fullness on the flow rate in continuous, non-continuous cystoscopy and the automated irrigation fluid pumping system (AIFPS). …”
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Integrin-mediated host cell invasion by type 1-piliated uropathogenic Escherichia coli. by Danelle S Eto, Tiffani A Jones, Jamie L Sundsbak, Matthew A Mulvey

“…Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), the primary causative agent of urinary tract infections, typically express filamentous adhesive organelles called type 1 pili that mediate both bacterial attachment to and invasion of bladder urothelial cells. Several host proteins have previously been identified as receptors for type 1 pili, but none have been conclusively shown to promote UPEC entry into host bladder cells. …”
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Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Urinary Tract Successfully Managed with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Mustapha Ahsaini, Omar Riyach, Mohammed Fadl Tazi, Mohammed Jamal El Fassi, My Hassan Farih, Hind Elfatmi, Afaf Amarti

“…Following a diagnosis of small cell neuroendocrine carcinomas of the ureter and the bladder, thoracoabdominal-pelvic CT was done, and the staging of the tumor was done in the bladder (T2N0M0) and (T1N0M0) in the ureter. …”
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Effectiveness of Steroid Pulse Therapy for Systemic Side Effects after Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Intravesical Instillation Therapy: A Series of Five Cases by Tatsuya Umemoto, Jun Naruse, Yukio Usui, Hidenori Zakoji, Hideshi Miyakita, Akira Miyajima

“…Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) instillation is an established therapy for the treatment of carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the bladder and prevention of recurrence after transurethral resection of bladder tumor noninvasive bladder cancer. …”
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Urachal Tumor: A Case Report of an Extremely Rare Carcinoma by José Palla Garcia, Rita Sampaio, Carlos Peixoto

“…The urachus is a tubular structure that connects the bladder to the allantois in the embryonic development, involuting after the third trimester. …”
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Combination of Anterior and Posterior Vaginal Mesh Implants and Delorme Procedure in a 94-year-old female with Pelvic Organ Prolapse by Hien Van Nguyen, Dung Thi Ngo, Dat Vinh Lieu, Tuan Thanh Tran

“…The overall prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse is approximately 41%, including bladder prolapse (25%–34%), uterine prolapse (4%–14%) and rectal prolapse (13%–19%). …”
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Novel approach for noninvasive pelvic floor muscle strength measurement using extracorporeal surface perineal pressure measurement and machine learning modeling by Ui-jae Hwang, Sun-hee Ahn, Hyeon-ju Lee, Yurin Jeon, Myung Jae Jeon

“…Simultaneously, transabdominal ultrasound was used to measure bladder base displacement (mm) as a reference for PFM contraction strength. …”
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Serum Matrix Metalloproteinases and Risk of Urologic Cancers: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by BoWen Yang, XiaoYu Zeng, HanYu Wang, JiuHuan Feng, ShuFang Hou

“…Serum MMP-1 may also increase the risk of bladder cancer (OR = 1.24, 95% CI = [1.04, 1.49], p = .016). …”
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Dysuria, Urinary Retention, and Inguinal Pain as Manifestation of Sacral Bannwarth Syndrome by Josef Finsterer, Johannes Dauth, Kurt Angel, Mateusz Markowicz

“…Extensive urological investigations did not reveal a specific cause, which was why neurogenic bladder dysfunction was suspected. Neurologic exam revealed only mildly reduced tendon reflexes. …”
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