https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2021.1.71

Oncology and complications

Vol. 93 No. 1 (2021)
Published: March 19, 2021
Ureter-arterial fistula; BCG; Pneumonitis; Bladder tumors; Cystectomy; Paraganglioma; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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Authors

Giuseppe Giordano
Unit of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, ARNAS “Garibaldi-Nesima”, Catania, Italy.
Evangelia Kyriazi
Endocrinology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.
Charalampos Mavridis
Department of Urology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Francesco Persico
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Department of Urology, Rozzano, Milan; University of Naples Federico II, Department of Neurosciences, Sciences of Reproduction, and Odontostomatology, Naples, Italy.
Charalampos Fragkoulis
Urology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.
Piergiorgio Gatto
Ospedale di Sestri Levante - ASL 4 Liguria, Dipartimento Medico ad Elevata Integrazione Territoriale, Sestri Levante, Italy.
George Georgiadis
Department of Urology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Irene Giagourta
Endocrinology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis Glykas
Urology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.
Rodolfo Hurle
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Department of Urology, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Massimo Lazzeri
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Department of Urology, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Giovanni Lughezzani
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center - IRCCS, Department of Urology, Rozzano, Milan; Humanitas University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Vincenzo Magnano San Lio
Unit of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, ARNAS “Garibaldi-Nesima”, Catania, Italy.
Charalampos Mamoulakis
Department of Urology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Diego Meo
Unit of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, ARNAS “Garibaldi-Nesima”, Catania, Italy.
Helen A. Papadaki
Department of Hematology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
George Piaditis
Endocrinology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.
Charalampos Pontikoglou
Department of Hematology, University General Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Medical School, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Georgios Stathouros
Urology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece.

This collection of cases describes some unusual urological tumors and complications related to urological tumors and their treatment.

Case 1: A case of uretero-arterial fistula in a patient with long-term ureteral stenting for ureteral oncological stricture and a second case associated to retroperitoneal fibrosis were described. Abdominal CT, pyelography, cystoscopy were useful to show the origin of the bleeding. Angiography is useful for confirming the diagnosis and for subsequent positioning of an endovascular prosthesis which represents a safe approach with reduced post-procedural complications.

Case 2: A case of patient who suffered from interstitial pneumonitis during a cycle of intravesical BCG instillations for urothelial cancer. The patient was hospitalized for more than two weeks in a COVID ward for a suspected of COVID-19 pneumonia, but he did not show any evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection during his hospital stay.

Case 3: A case of a young man with a functional urinary bladder paraganglioma who was successfully managed with complete removal of the tumor, leaving the urinary bladder intact.

Case 4: A case of a 61 year old male suffering from muscle invasive bladder cancer who was admitted for a radical cystectomy and on the eighth postoperative day developed microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia, which clinically defines thrombotic microangiopathy.

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How to Cite

Giordano, G. ., Kyriazi, E. ., Mavridis, C. ., Persico, F. ., Fragkoulis, C. ., Gatto, P. ., Georgiadis, G. ., Giagourta, I. ., Glykas, I. ., Hurle, R. ., Lazzeri, M. ., Lughezzani, G., Magnano San Lio, V. ., Mamoulakis, C. ., Meo , D. ., Papadaki, H. A. ., Piaditis, G. ., Pontikoglou, C. ., & Stathouros, G. . (2021). Oncology and complications. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 93(1), 71–76. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2021.1.71

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