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Urethrocystography: a guide for urological surgery?

Urethrocystography remains the gold-standard technique for urethral pathology diagnosis. Nowadays, of the various indications for performing urethrocystography, the most common is due to a clinical suspicion of urethral stricture. Due to the high prevalence of strictures and their substantial impact on a patient's quality of life, the examination must allow the location, exclusion of multifocality, and assessme...

Acute Osteomyelitis with Subperiosteal Abscess

Adenocarcinoma of the Urachus: A Primary Not to Overlook

Urachal carcinoma is a rare and aggressive neoplasm, involving the urachus, a remnant of the fetal genitourinary tract that extends from the umbilicus to the dome of the bladder. We present a 49-year-old woman with a history of pelvic discomfort and a palpable suprapubic mass. Pelvic ultrasound and magnetic resonance revealed a 55-mm midline supravesical mass, arising from the urachus and extending inferiorly t...

Clues to the Diagnosis of Borderline Ovarian Tumours: an Imaging Guide

Borderline Ovarian Tumours (BOTs) are an interesting subset of epithelial neoplasms defined histologically by atypical epithelial proliferation without stromal invasion. These tumours typically affect young women in the reproductive age group and have a good prognosis. Although ultrasonography is the primary screening imaging technique in the evaluation of any suspected adnexal mass, grey-scale and colour Doppl...

Polychaete annelids as live bait in Portugal: harvesting activity in brackish w...

Polychaete annelids are some of the most heavily harvested invertebrates collected in coastal areas and estuaries for their economic value as live fishing bait or as food supplement in aquaculture activities. However, information on bait digging in Portugal is scarce or incomplete. Thus, the present study aimed at investigating the bait digging activity in the four most relevant brackish water systems in Portug...

Anelídeos poliquetas como isco vivo: caracterização da actividade de apanha em ...

A captura de isco vivo para a pesca, efetuada em sedimentos intertidais, tem aumentado em todo o Mundo, pois face ao incremento da procura, constitui uma importante fonte de rendimento para as populações que vivem junto à costa. Macroinvertebrados, tais como, moluscos, crustáceos e anelídeos poliquetas, entre outros, são capturados em muitos sistemas estuarinos portugueses, sendo a dimensão real das capturas su...