A case of vesicovaginal fistula with vaginal stone

The patient, a 51-year-old woman developed urinary incontinence after an abdominal hysterectomy 3 years earlier. She was referred to our hospital complaining of urine leakage from her vagina after spontaneous passage of a stone. Drip infusion pyelography and cystography demonstrated a vesicovaginal fistula. She underwent repair of the fistula with an abdominal procedure. The stone was composed of magnesium ammonium phosphate

A case of infected renal cyst extending to leg abscess

A 45-year-old woman was referred to our hospital with the chief complaint of left flank pain, left leg pain and loss of appetite. Computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a large cystic mass in the left kidney, which we diagnosed as an infected renal cyst. Under ultrasonic guidance, percutaneous puncture and drainage of the renal cyst were performed. After her leg pain worsened, computed tomography revealed abscesses in the left leg, suggesting an infected renal cyst extending to the leg through the obturator foramen. Under general anesthesia, incision and drainage were performed. Cultures from the cyst and abscess fluid showed Klebsiella pneumoniae. Our case is the 82nd case of an infected renal cyst in the Japanese literature

Soil Properties of the Habitat of Phragmites communis and its Growth at the Tidal Marsh of Onojima on Isahaya Bay

The reclamation work as a national policy is already begun for the constituion of farm land and fresh water reservoir at the mouth of Isahaya Bay and the tidal stopper is prearranged to complete in 1995. Phragmites communis (Gramineae), carex scabrifolia (Cyperaceae) and Suaeda japonica (Chenopodiaceae) grow separately forming spotted habitats at the tidal marsh of Onojima at the innermost recess on the Bay. Prosperity and decay of these plants after the completion of the tidal stopper are very interesting. The purpose of the present study is to investigate a soil properties of the habitat of Phragmites communis and its growth state before the completion of the tidal stopper.長崎県諌早市小野島の堤外（海）と堤内（干拓地）のヨシの生育地において，両生育地の土壌性質，両生育地のヨシ体内のNa＋とK＋量，生産量，種子発芽について測定を行った。潮受堤防完成後のヨシをはじめとする塩生植物の消長の基礎的データとして活用が期待される。今回の調査測定で以下の結果が得られた。1．ヨシは粘土質で含水率の高い土壌に適応している。2．ヨシは一定程度の耐塩性を有しており，土壌塩分が約2％までは生育可能である。3．ヨシはその地下部にはNa＋を，地上部にはK＋を多く蓄える性質を有している。4．堤外のヨシの種子生産は堤内のそれに比べて低い。5．堤外のヨシの種子の発芽における耐塩性は堤内のそれより高い。6．堤外のヨシは主として栄養繁殖によって増えている