URETEROCELE, though not a common disorder, may be a perplexing diagnostic problem in adults. The present report concerns 5 cases in which the patients were treated unsuccessfully on the basis of ...

A cystoscopy is a test to check the health of your urethra and bladder. You might also hear it called a cystourethroscopy or, more simply, a bladder scope. It’s an outpatient test, which means you can ...

Retrograde pyelography is a procedure commonly used by urologists involving X-ray imaging to visualize the kidneys, bladder and ureters. It involves the insertion of a cystoscope into the urinary ...

Background A 65-year-old female patient presented to a urology department with macroscopic hematuria, dysuria, urinary frequency and urgency. One year previously, she had visited a urologist because ...

The urinary tract is divided into two sections: lower and upper. The ureters (tubes that convey urine from the kidneys to the bladder) and kidneys make up the upper urinary tract (which filters the ...

Rochester, MN, January 9, 2013 – Microscopic amounts of blood in urine have been considered a risk factor for urinary tract malignant tumors. However, only a small proportion of patients referred for ...

Background A 54-year-old nondiabetic male presented with high fever, vague lower abdominal pain and leakage of urine around his long-standing suprapubic catheter. Examination revealed pyrexia and ...