Encrusted Ureteral Stent Retrieval Using Flexible Ureteroscopy with a Ho: YAG Laser by Takashi Kawahara, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao, Takehiko Ogawa, Hiroji Uemura, Yoshinobu Kubota, Junichi Matsuzaki

“…The bilateral ureteral stents were changed every 3 months. A kidney ureter bladder (KUB) film showed left encrustation along the ureteral stent thus necessitating removal; however, the ureteral stent could not be removed cystoscopically. …”
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Distant Ureteral Metastasis from Colon Adenocarcinoma: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Ferakis Nikolaos, Anastasopoulos Panagiotis, Bouropoulos Konstantinos, Samaras Vassilios, Poulias Iraklis

“…Infiltration of the muscular coat of the bladder was found 2 years later. Thus, cystectomy and left ureterocutaneostomy were performed. …”
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Mental Health in Urologic Oncology by Danyon Anderson, Abrahim N. Razzak, Matthew McDonald, David Cao, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“…This article is a systematic review of mental health in urologic oncology patients with prostate cancer (PCa), bladder cancer (BC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), testicular cancer (TC), or penile cancer (PeCa). …”
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Donor-Derived Urothelial Carcinoma in Renal Transplant Recipients by Zhiyu Qian, Emily Chou, Jing Yang, Hanwei Zhang, HuiHui Ye, Sandy T. Liu, Arnold I. Chin

“…The second patient presented with hematuria and rising creatinine and was initially found to have muscle invasive bladder cancer seven years after a deceased donor renal transplantation. …”
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Colovesical Fistula due to Sigmoid Diverticulitis by Christos K. Stefanou, Spiridon Gkogkos, Stefanos Flindris, Apostolis K. Paxinos, Thomas Tsiantis, Polyxeni Oikonomou, Kostas Tepelenis, Stefanos K. Stefanou

“…Surgery was performed, and after the division between the sigmoid colon and the bladder, a sigmoidectomy and an end-to-end colorectal anastomosis were performed. …”
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Scrotal migration of the abdominal end of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt by Fatih Karatas, Muhammed Erkam Yuksek, Busra Gul, Mehmet Kenan, Mehmet Fatih Erdi

“…Shunt migration is a rare complication of VPS operation, and the shunt catheter may migrate to the gastrointestinal tract, scrotum, bladder, and other organs. Revision surgery is a safe treatment option in most cases of shunt dysfunction or migration. …”
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Scrotal Swelling and Testicular Atrophy due to Schistosomiasis in a 9-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report by Peter F. Rambau, Alphonce Chandika, Philipo L. Chalya, Kahima Jackson

“…Schistosomiasis is a communicable disease which commonly involves urinary bladder causing hematuria, or large bowel causing bloody stool. …”
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Ureteroarterial Fistula by D. H. Kim, A. Mahdy, V. Mundra, M. Berman, G. M. Ghoniem

“…The patient underwent cystoscopy which showed a normal bladder. Upon removal of the stent, brisk bleeding was noted coming from the ureteral orifice. …”
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Laparotomic Myomectomy in the 16th Week of Pregnancy: A Case Report by Lavinia Domenici, Violante Di Donato, Maria Luisa Gasparri, Francesca Lecce, Jlenia Caccetta, Pierluigi Benedetti Panici

“…Imaging revealed a large implant myoma compressing the bladder, ureters, rectus, and gestational chamber and causing hydronephrosis. …”
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Conditioned medium derived from mesenchymal stem cells and spinal cord injury: A review of the current therapeutic capacities by Gholam Reza Kaka, Farrokh Modarresi

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating condition of the nervous system that imposes considerable challenges for subjects, such as bladder and bowel incontinence and infections. The standard therapeutic strategy is methylprednisolone utilization accompanied by surgical decompression. …”
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Ventral Prostate Fibrosis in the Akita Mouse Is Associated with Macrophage and Fibrocyte Infiltration by Sanghee Lee, Guang Yang, William Mulligan, Jerry Gipp, Wade Bushman

“…Recently, prostate inflammation and fibrosis have been implicated as major contributing factors to bladder outlet obstruction and LUTS. We characterized the inflammatory cell infiltrate and collagen content of the anterior, dorsal, and ventral lobes of 18-week-old DBA2J.Ins2-Akita mice (Akita) and age-matched control mice. …”
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Exploring nurse-led cystoscopy: A systematic review of safety, efficacy, and applicability in urogynecology by Aditi Siddharth, Nadia Muspratt Tucker, Rufus Cartwright

“…The review included 25 urology studies with most addressing bladder cancer surveillance. Nurse-led cystoscopy clinics were found to be as safe and effective as consultant-led clinics, with comparable diagnostic yield and cancer detection rates. …”
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A Case of Pacemaker Endocarditis Caused by Aerococcus urinae by Sandra Samuelsson, Charles Kennergren, Magnus Rasmussen

“…An 84-year-old male with pacemaker was admitted with dysuria one month after a transurethral procedure for urinary bladder cancer. A. urinae was isolated from urine and blood. …”
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Intravascular Large B-Cell Lymphoma Mimicking Temporal Arteritis by Ifeyinwa Emmanuela Obiorah, Metin Ozdemirli

“…On autopsy, there was disseminated intravascular lymphoma involving predominantly vessels within the heart, kidneys, liver, stomach, lungs, adrenal glands, small intestine, bladder, thyroid, and brain. Interestingly, there was also partial involvement of the retroperitoneal lymph nodes which is an unusual presentation in this disorder. …”
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Torsion of Hydrosalpinx with Concurrent Acute Cholecystitis: Case Report and Review of Literature by Preeti R. John, Amelia M. Pasley

“…The right ovary appeared normal. The gall bladder wall was thickened and inflamed. Laparoscopic right salpingectomy and cholecystectomy were performed. …”
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Adjacent Lumbar Disc Herniation after Lumbar Short Spinal Fusion by Koshi Ninomiya, Koichi Iwatsuki, Yu-ichiro Ohnishi, Toshika Ohkawa, Toshiki Yoshimine

“…Right leg paresis and bladder dysfunction appeared a few days after admission. …”
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A Rare Case of Multiorgan Calciphylaxis in a Patient with Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease by Abdulrahman Ahmad, Ali Albaghli, Adel Michael, Khaled Refaat, Mohammad Omar, Ahmad Ibrahim, Bahaa Elmenshawy, Ashraf Maher, Rasha Alramah, Sami Mikhail, Mustafa Almahmid, Husain Alenezi, Yahya Elshebiney

“…CUA is a systematic disease that involves multiple organs, and to the best of our knowledge this is the first reported case involving the penis, bladder, and eyes.…”
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Arsenic contamination in GBM plains with a focus on Bihar, India: risks and remediation by Nishita Ivy

“…The risk of cancers in human organs like skin, bladder, kidney, liver, and lung has been increasing in the state with the prevalence of high As levels, particularly near and north of the Ganga river. …”
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Massive ureterocele leading to urinary retention in a male neonate: A rare presentation and successful management by Rafael Nascimento Vilares, Manuela Horta, Afonso da Silva Alves Bento, Francisco Tibor Dénes, Roberto Iglesias Lopes

“…Ureterocele is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by the dilation of the distal ureter and its protrusion into the bladder, often related with duplex collecting renal system, leading to urinary obstruction.While it commonly occurs in females, this case report presents the rare presentation of a massive ureterocele in a 2-day-old male neonate, causing urinary retention. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Infection, Chronic Inflammation, and Genomic Transformations in Gastric MALT Lymphoma by Magdalena Witkowska, Piotr Smolewski

“…Occasionally, it can be found in salivary and thyroid gland, lung, breast, bladder, skin, or any other place in the human body. …”
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