Novel In Vitro Assays for the Characterization of EMT in Tumourigenesis by Vincent Koo, Amgad El Mekabaty, Peter Hamilton, Perry Maxwell, Osama Sharaf, Jim Diamond, Jenny Watson, Kathleen Williamson

“…TGF-β1 treatment of AY-27 rat bladder cancer cells acted as a model of EMT in tumourigenesis.…”
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Müllerian Cyst of the Vagina Masquerading as a Cystocele by Emrah Töz, Muzaffer Sancı, Süheyla Cumurcu, Aykut Özcan

“…Perineal ultrasonography performed with an empty bladder is useful to differentiate such vaginal cysts and to define their communication, if any, with adjacent organs.…”
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Suprapubic Catheter Migration: A Review of a Rare Complication by Amr Elmoheen, Mahmoud Saqr, Waleed Salem, Khalid Bashir, Ayman Hagras

“…Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) showed a semifilled urinary bladder and moderate hydronephrosis on the left side. …”
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A Case of Complete Renal Duplex with H-Shaped Ureter by A. Ghobashy, M. El-Shazly, A. Lari, O. Al-Hunaidy, A. Allam, N. Alenezy, E. Yordanov, B. Hathout

“…We present a case of complete renal duplex with H-shaped double ureter opening into the bladder with 2 separate orifices. It is an extremely rare variety of renal duplex which was reported only once in the literature. …”
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Unravelling the case of suspected ectopic ureter in a young adult patient by Leni Santiani, MD, Tjahjodjati, MD, Basofi Sukiman, MD

“…An ectopic ureter (EU) opens outside the bladder's trigone, a rare condition with an incidence of 0.05%-0.025%. …”
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Acute Cardiogenic Shock Induced by Infusional 5-Fluorouracil by Jeffrey Sulpher, Franco Dattilo, Susan Dent, Michele Turek, M. Neil Reaume, Christopher Johnson

“…A 49-year-old patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and no prior history of heart disease presented with diffuse ST elevation, elevated troponins, and biventricular dysfunction requiring intensive care unit admission and inotropic support after receiving her first course of infusional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). …”
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Fetal sirenomelia type VI. A case report by Lilian Rachel Vila Ferrán, María Antonia Ocaña Gil

“…Gustavo Aldereguía Lima General University Hospital in Cienfuegos, where a clinical autopsy was performed on the product of conception, diagnosing type VI sirenomelia with a single femur and tibia, absence of feet, agenesis of internal and external genitalia, bladder, ureters, urethra and anus and fusion of the sacrum to the iliac bones, a single umbilical artery and rectal atresia. …”
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Volatile Organic Metabolites as Potential Biomarkers for Genitourinary Cancers: Review of the Applications and Detection Methods by Kiana L. Holbrook, Wen-Yee Lee

“…This review outlines the current landscape of major genitourinary cancers (kidney, prostate, bladder, and testicular), including epidemiology, risk factors, and current diagnostic tools. …”
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A Patient with Advanced Gastric Cancer Presenting with Extremely Large Uterine Fibroid Tumor by Kwang-Kuk Park, Song-I Yang

“…An abdominal computed tomography scan showed a huge tumor mass in the abdomen which was compressing the intestine and urinary bladder. Gastroduodenal endoscopic and biopsy results showed a Borrmann type IV gastric adenocarcinoma. …”
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Fetal Ovarian Cyst Rupture Resulting in Transient Fetal Ascites by Ömer Kandemir, Sertaç Esin, Deniz Esinler, Bülent Yırcı, Serdar Yalvaç

“…On the ultrasonography, lateral and superior to the bladder, there was a sharply circumscribed, thin walled anechoic cystic structure measuring 56x58 millimeter. …”
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Atlantoaxial fixation for treatment of syringobulbia and syringomyelia: Case report and literature review by Kaunda Emeka Ibebuike, Oluwamayowa Opara

“…We present a 45-year-old male who presented with an inability to walk with associated bladder and bowel symptoms. Neuroradiological studies of the brain and the whole spine revealed an extensive syringomyelia extending from the medulla oblongata to the T12 thoracic spinal level. …”
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A Simple Technique to Facilitate Treatment of Urethral Strictures with Optical Internal Urethrotomy by Konstantinos Stamatiou, Aggeliki Papadatou, Hippocrates Moschouris, Ioannis Kornezos, Anargiros Pavlis, Georgios Christopoulos

“…In this report we describe a technique for urethral catheterization via a suprapubic, percutaneous approach through the urinary bladder in order to facilitate endoscopic internal urethrotomy.…”
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A Severe Case of Drug-Induced Liver Injury after Gemcitabine Administration: A Highly Probable Causality Grading as Assessed by the Updated RUCAM Diagnostic Scoring System by Ilenia Mascherona, Caterina Maggioli, Maira Biggiogero, Oreste Mora, Lucia Marelli

“…Gemcitabine is an antineoplastic drug used in several forms of advanced pancreatic, lung, breast, ovarian, and bladder cancer. Common side effects include bone marrow suppression, fatigue, diarrhea, nausea, gastrointestinal upset, rash, alopecia, and stomatitis. …”
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The Treatment of Recurrent Urothelial Tumors of the Upper Urinary System and at Urostomy Site following Radical Cystectomy with Intraureteral Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and Cryothera... by Abdullah Demirtaş, Yunus Emre Yıldırım, Ayten Ferahbaş, Emre Can Akınsal, Oguz Ekmekçioğlu, Atila Tatlışen

“…Urinary bladder carcinoma is the second most common cancer of the urinary system. …”
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Penile Urethral Hypospadias with Two Fistulae and Diverticulum in a Saanen Kid by Areeg Mohamed Almubarak, Rihab Mohamed Abdelghafar, Ahmed Abdelrahim Gameel, Nuha Muatasim Osman

“…Ultrasonography was performed to assess the integrity of the urinary system using (3.5–5) MHz curvilinear probe and it revealed normal kidneys and a distended urinary bladder. The kid was referred to surgery and two hypospadiac urinary fistulae were found. …”
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Partial Differential Equations-Based Segmentation for Radiotherapy Treatment Planning by Frédéric Gibou, Doron Levy, Carlos Cárdenas, Pingyu Liu, Arthur Boyer

“…We check the performance of the new algorithm on eight datasets of three different organs: rectum, bladder, and kidney. The results of the automatic segmentation were comparedwith a manual segmentation of each data set by radiation oncology faculty and residents. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of targetable mutations and tumor microenvironment in urachal cancer by David J. Benjamin, Tolulope T. Adeyelu, Andrew Elliott, Sourat Darabi, Thomas Lee, Rana R. McKay, Matthew J. Oberley, Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty

“…Finally, we show that urachal cancer shares genomic and transcriptomic similarity with colorectal cancer compared to bladder cancer. This study provides new insights into the molecular profiles of urachal tumor samples and possibility of association with colorectal cancer that might guide future clinical trial design.…”
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Necrotizing Urethritis due to Aerococcus urinae by Abdulrahman A. Babaeer, Claudia Nader, Vito Iacoviello, Kevin Tomera

“…A suprapubic tube and a urethral catheter were placed in the bladder. WBC trended down to 13.9 × 103/μL on the fourth postoperative day. …”
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Dynamic Observation of the Three-Dimensional Distribution of Labeled Liposomes Using the Novel High-Resolution Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography by Andreas Wirrwar, Doris Buchholz, Oliver Gottschalk, Sandra Viehöver, Nils Uwe Schramm, Hans-Wilhelm Müller

“…The data are interpreted as a slow shift of liposomes from the lungs into the liver and later to other organs such as the spleen and bladder. This study shows that the HiSPECT technique is capable of dynamically visualizing the uptake behavior of radioactively labeled liposomes in vivo with high temporal and spatial resolution.…”
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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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