Urology

An unusual presentation of Wunderlich syndrome

J. Bhamrah, L. Ranasinghe and S.M. Singh

Spontaneous renal haemorrhage secondary to renal angiomyolipoma, or Wunderlich syndrome, is rare. Renal angiomyolipomata are composed of abnormal vasculature, smooth muscle and adipose tissue. They are more likely to be symptomatic if they are larger than 4 cm, presenting with a history of flank pain, a palpable mass and rarely gross haematuria. Our case illustrates a...

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(Vol 10 p 117-119, General Surgery; Histopathology; Urology: 20 December 2010)

Horseshoe kidney and primary renal carcinoid tumour: a case report of a rare entity

Jonathon Peter de Hoog, Spencer Murray and Wayne Chou

Carcinoid tumours are unique neuroendocrine neoplasms, displaying low-grade malignant potential and arising frequently within the gastrointestinal tract and respiratory tree. Primary carcinoid arising within the renal system is uncommon, whilst carcinoid tumour arising within a horseshoe kidney is rare. We describe a case of primary renal carcinoid occurring within a...

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(Vol 10 p 46-50, Histopathology; Urology: 22 July 2010)

Myasthenia gravis improvement in a patient receiving sunitinib for metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Jean S.Z. Lee, Rateb Samman, Oliver C. Cockerell, Kate Fife and Tim Eisen

We present a case of a 59-year-old gentleman with myasthenia gravis and metastatic renal cell carcinoma that resolved on sunitinib. The clear temporal relationship between the patient receiving sunitinib for renal cell carcinoma and the resolution of his myasthenia gravis suggests that the improvement was due either to a paraneoplastic condition responding to treatment of...

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(Vol 10 p 42-45, Neurology; Oncology; Urology: 22 July 2010)

Self-castration: a case report

S. Haleem, S. J. Griffin and G. K. Banerjee

We present a case of an apparently well gentleman performing self-castration. On presentation he was in shock. After resuscitation his wound was explored and haemostasis achieved. While such presentations are seen with a background of psychiatric illness, our patient did not suffer from such disorders. This case emphasises the importance of a multi-disciplinary holistic...

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(Vol 7 p 9-12, Psychiatry, Urology: 20 February 2007)

Renal colic: an unusual presentation of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma of the urinary bladder

P. Hadway, A. A. Riaz, K. L. Lotzof and J. S. Gelister

Secondary involvement of the urinary bladder in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is relatively common, but primary malignant lymphomas of this organ remain exceedingly rare. We report a case presenting atypically with renal colic and briefly review the relevant literature.

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(Vol 4 p 7-9, Urology, oncology: May 2004)

Fractured penis: another complication of sildenafil

S.M. Blake, D.M. G. Bowley and A. Dickinson

The cardiovascular complications of sildenafil (ViagraTM) are well recognized, although non-cardiovascular complications are rare. We present the first recorded case of fractured penis associated with ViagraTM usage.

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(Vol 2 p 11-12, Urology: January 2002)

Contents by specialty

Editor-in-Chief

Frank Cross

Consultant Surgeon

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Editors

Neil Barnes

Consultant Physician

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK

Ali Jawad

Consultant Rheumatologist

St. Bartholomew's and The London NHS Trust, UK