The Clinical Observation at the Urinary Tract in Patients with Carcinoma of Cervix.
- Author:
Dong Han KIM
;
Dong Hwi KIM
;
Chong Soon WANG
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
cervix cancer;
urinary tract
- MeSH:
Cervix Uteri*;
Cystoscopy;
Edema;
Female;
Gynecology;
Humans;
Hydronephrosis;
Kidney;
Neoplasm Invasiveness;
Urinary Bladder;
Urinary Tract*;
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1965;6(1):17-20
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A study was made of 234 patients with carcinoma of the cervix seen during the period from Aug.-1959 to Dec.-1963, who had come to the Departments of Obstetric and Gynecology of Yonsei Medical Hospital. Intravenous pyelogram, cystoscopy, and urine examination were done and N. P, N. was checked in addition to clinical examination before treatment. Intravenous pyelogram were classified into 1. Non-functioning 2. Hydronephrosis 3. Hydroureter as abnormalities Also cystoscopic finding were classified into 1. Elevation of bladder wall 2. Bullous edema 3. Neoplasm invasion. There were 51 patients who showed abnormality of intravenous pyelogram among the 234 patients with carcinoma of cervix, that was a unilateral abnormality in 38 cases and bilateral in 13 cases. Again, among 24(10.26%) non-functioning kidney in this series the left kidney was affected in 11 cases and right kidney in 6 cases. The 125 of 234 patients showed elevation of bladder wall in cystoscopic finding, and the posterior wall of bladder was elevated similarly in all stages. The urological study of patients with carcinoma of cervix are most essential works in addition to clinical examination, and it should be considered as a systemic disease for all physician especially gynecologist, radiologist, and urologist.
