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OBJECTIVE: To study the correlation between a new visual tool (ANalogical UroFlowmetry (ANUF)) and uroflowmetry (UF) parameters when performed to assess male lower urinary tract symptoms (MLUTS). METHODS: We configured an original pictogram composed of 4 different urine streams. In the setting of a University Hospital based prospective study where 545 men were enrolled between September 2018 and January 2019. Variables collected were age, UF pattern, Qmax, average flow rate (Qave), voided volume, postvoid residual, and selected image. The Spearman's rank test, ANOVA, and Tukey test, as well as the lineal regression model were used. RESULTS: A total of 358 patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Mean age was 64.6 ± 12 years. Mean value and standard deviationfor the Qmax were 20.4 ± 10.5 mL/s for Image1; 15.5 ± 6.4 mL/s for Image2; 13.5 ± 6.0 mL/s for Image3 and 10.4 ± 5.4 mL/s for Image4. Statistically significant negative correlations were found between ANUF and Qmax (r = -0.317; P<.0001), and ANUF and Qave (r = -0.305; P<.0001). Qmax mean values among images were statistically different when compared in pairs, except Image1 and Image2 (P= .153). The confidence intervals calculated through the lineal regression model for the Qmax and each image were Image1) 17.8, confidence interval [CI] 95%: [14.9-21.5] mL/s; Image2) 14.3, CI 95%: [13.0-15.7] mL/s; Image3) 12.3, CI 95%: [11.5-13.1] mL/s and Image4) 9.1, CI 95%: [8.1-10.3] mL/s. CONCLUSION: According to our results, ANUF is a useful and inexpensive tool presenting a correlation with the Qmax as well a correspondence of each image with a range of Qmax and its mean value.
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Síntomas del Sistema Urinario Inferior/diagnóstico , Síntomas del Sistema Urinario Inferior/fisiopatología , Evaluación de Síntomas/métodos , Micción/fisiología , Urodinámica , Anciano , Correlación de Datos , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estudios Prospectivos , Escala Visual AnalógicaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To contribute to the literature with three unusual cases of primary breast tumor with metastasis to the urinary bladder. METHODS: Presentation of the three clinical cases and bibliographic review. RESULTS: Three women, with an average age of 49.3 years, were diagnosed with invasive lobular breast carcinoma. Two of them suffered from hematuria after being diagnosed with breast cancer. The third patient was diagnosed incidentally after a routine CT scan. Upon diagnosis of the bladder metastases, they already had metastasis in other locations. The treatment of the three cases was palliative. The cause of death was due to additional pathologies. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of bladder metastases due to breast cancer is infrequent. The appearance of urinary tract symptoms in these patients requires a diagnostic study in order to rule out metastases.
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Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Neoplasias de la Vejiga Urinaria/secundario , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana EdadRESUMEN
Hemospermia may have a broad range of functional and organic causes. It is defined as the presence of blood in seminal fluid and usually tends to resolve spontaneously within a few weeks. We present the case of a patient with a 10-year history of hemospermia associated with megacava and circumaortic renal vein. The diagnosis, treatment, and evolution of the condition are reported. Vascular anomalies are rare causes of chronic hemospermia, and the one described in our patient may constitute the first case reported in the literature.