Pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management of ketamine-induced cystitis
Ketamine is illegally used as a recreational drug in many Asian countries. Long-term ketamine abusers often develop irritable bladder symptoms that gradually develop into more severe urinary frequency and urgency and eventually into a painful ulcerated ...
Jia-Fong Jhang+2 more
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Measurements of complement factor H-related protein (BTA-TRAK (TM) assay) and nuclear matrix protein (NMP22 assay) - Useful diagnostic tools in the diagnosis of urinary bladder cancer? [PDF]
Between 1997 and 2000 we investigated in a prospective study the voided urine samples of all consecutive patients undergoing cystoscopy independent from their clinical background (n=705) with the BTA-TRAK(TM) assay (Bard Diagnostics, Redmont, USA ...
Hofmann, Karin+8 more
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Detection of bovine papillomavirus type 2 in the peripheral blood of cattle with urinary bladder tumours: possible biological role [PDF]
Bovine papillomavirus type 2 (BPV-2) infection has been associated with urinary bladder tumours in adult cattle grazing on bracken fern-infested land. In this study, we investigated the simultaneous presence of BPV-2 in whole blood and urinary bladder ...
A. Venuti+10 more
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Cystomanometry – One of the Assessment Methods of the Urodynamic Indexes in Patients with Infiltrative Cervical Cancer [PDF]
Aim: To evaluate contractile function of urinary bladder in patients with infiltrative cervical cancer after nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (NSRH).Patients and Methods: Ninety patients with infiltrative cervical cancer were treated with nerve-sparing
Dermenzhy, T. (Tetyana)+4 more
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Giant leiomyoma of the urinary bladder: A case report
Urinary bladder leiomyoma is a rare tumour accounting for less than 0.5% of all urinary bladder tumours. Till now, less than 250 cases were documented with variable sizes, most of them were less than 10 cm in maximum diameter. Here we present a 68- year-
Khalid Atallah+6 more
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Paraganglioma of urinary bladder
Paraganglioma of the urinary bladder are tumors of chromaffin tissue originating from the sympathetic innervations of the urinary bladder wall and are extremely rare. Being functional, in most of the cases they are recognized by their characteristic presentation of hypertensive crisis and postmicturition syncope.
Dilip Kumar Pal, Vinod Priyadarshi
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Quantitative elasticity measurement of urinary bladder wall using laser-induced surface acoustic waves [PDF]
The maintenance of urinary bladder elasticity is essential to its functions, including the storage and voiding phases of the micturition cycle. The bladder stiffness can be changed by various pathophysiological conditions.
Azadzoi+54 more
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Primary Bladder Neurofibroma: A Rare Case with Clinical Implications and Diagnostic Challenges [PDF]
Neurofibroma of the genito-urinary tract is rare. Urinary bladder is the commonest organ involved in cases of urinary tract involvement. Patients present early in life and there is male preponderance.
Srikanth Umakanthan+4 more
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Mullerianosis of the Urinary Bladder
Mullerianosis of the urinary bladder is a rare and morphologically complex tumor-like lesion, composed of several types of mullerian lesions like endometriosis, endocervicosis, and endosalpingiosis. This disease occurs in women of reproductive age group. Implantative and metaplastic origins have been suggested in the pathogenesis.
Ranjini Kudva, Padmaraj Hegde
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Schistosomiasis and Urinary Bladder Cancer in North Western Tanzania: A Retrospective Review of 185 Patients. [PDF]
Worldwide, cancers of the urinary bladder are well known to be associated with environmental chemical carcinogens such as smoking and occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
A Yosry+31 more
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