July 14, 2009 | In: UROLOGY
99 PEDIATRIC UROLOGY Kirstan K. Meldrum M.D., Mark P. Cain M.D. 1. A healthy 3-year-old girl develops a urinary tract infection (UTI). How should she be evaluated? Show answer After treatment of the infection, the patient should undergo a...
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98 URODYNAMICS AND VOIDING DYSFUNCTION Firouz Daneshgari M.D. 1. What is urodynamics? Show answer Urodynamic studies assess the functional aspects of the storage and emptying ability of the lower urinary tract (LUT). The principles of...
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BONUS QUESTIONS 11. Is there any type of stone that cannot be seen on helical CT scan? Show answer Patients taking indinavir sulfate (Crixivan) for HIV infection can form stones from the crystals of the medication; these stones are not seen on...
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97 PROSTATE CANCER Brett B. Abernathy M.D. 1. How common is prostate cancer? Show answer It is the most common malignancy diagnosed in men in the United States; almost 200,000 new cases were diagnosed in 2001. 2. Do most men die with...
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BONUS QUESTIONS 13. In certain countries, TCC is not the predominant form of bladder cancer. What is the predominant histologic type? Why? Show answer In countries such as Egypt, where schistosomiasis is endemic, squamous cell carcinoma of the...
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96 BLADDER CANCER Brett B. Abernathy M.D. 1. How common is bladder cancer? Show answer Approximately 54,300 new cases of bladder cancer were diagnosed in 2001 in the United States, and 12,400 patients died. The male-to-female ratio is...
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BONUS QUESTION 9. What is Stauffer's syndrome? Show answer It is diagnosed with elevated liver function tests (LFTs) in the presence of renal cell carcinoma that normalize after nephrectomy and tumor removal. It is thought to be a type of...
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95 RENAL CELL CARCINOMA Brett B. Abernathy M.D. 1. How common is renal cell carcinoma? Show answer In the United States, 30,000 new cases of renal cell carcinoma are predicted for 2004 and 2005, about 3% of all adult malignancies. 2....
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94 URINARY CALCULUS DISEASE Bretat B. Abernathy M.D. 1. What are the most common types of urinary stones found in North America? Show answer * Calcium stones (calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, or mixed calcium stones): 70%. *...
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93 THE SURGICAL APPROACH TO INFERTILITY Randall B. Meacham M.D., Alex J. Vanni 1. How common a problem is infertility? Show answer Infertility is the inability to establish a pregnancy during 1 year of well-timed intercourse. This affects...
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