Acquired bladder diverticula larger than 4 cm can be effectively managed either by a laparoscopic approach or by endoscopic fulguration.

On December 30th 2019, some patients with pneumonia of unknown etiology were reported in the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED), a program run by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID), hypothesized to be related to subjects who had had contact with the seafood market in Wuhan, China. Chinese authorities instituted an emergency agency aimed at identifying the source of infection and potential biological pathogens. It was subsequently named by the World Committee on Virus Classification as 2019-nCoV (2019-novel coronavirus) or severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A number of studies have demonstrated that 2019-nCoV and the SARS-CoV shared the same cell entry receptor named angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). This is expressed in human tissues, not only in the respiratory epithelia, but also in the small intestines, heart, liver, and kidneys. Here, we examine the most recent findings on the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on kidney diseases, mainly acute kidney injury, and the potential role of the chemokine network.

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) of the penis is a very rare lesion and it is usually observed in HIV-infected patients. We introduce a case of KS of the penis in a 75 years old HIV negative patient with a peripheral T-cell lymphoma. He came to our attention with a painful ulcerated red lesion on the glans that stretched from the urethral meatus to the coronal skin. This lesion was found to be a KS balanopreputial in the classical variant. Penile KS must be included in the differential diagnosis of genital diseases especially when the clinical features of the lesion are aspecific and diagnosis can be made histologically by performing a biopsy.KEY WORDS: Kaposi sarcoma; Penile lesion; HIV negative; HHV-8; T-cell lymphoma. The abdominal CT scan showed no inguinal lymph nodes or other suspected lesions. Due to an extended lesion and to the absence of a clear diagnose it was decided to perform a glansectomy. The histopathology examination described a classical balanopreputial KS. Six months later the patient was negative for local recurrence but a secondary gastrointestinal lesion was detected during a whole body CT scan and a gastric biopsy was performed. The patient is currently under therapy with interferon.

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