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Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors are rare mesenchymal tumors composed of histologically and immunohistochemically distinctive perivascular epithelioid cells. They are mostly benign, however, malignant tumors with aggressive behavior and distant metastasis can also occur. The standard treatment is surgical excision. Here, we report a case of a 25-year-old male with a 4 cm-mass located in the inferior pole of the left kidney, treated by surgical excision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective In this study, we aimed to present clinical characteristics and repair outcomes in patients who had sexual intercourse-induced penile trauma and underwent early surgical repair in our clinic. Materials and Methods We retrospectively evaluated records of patients who underwent early surgical repair due to penile trauma between 2004 and 2014 in our clinic. Preoperative, peroperative and postoperative data were analyzed. Patient characteristics, penile trauma characteristics, pre-trauma and postoperative International Index of Erectile Function-Erectile Function Domain Scores (IIEF-ED), and operation features were evaluated. Results Twenty-six male patients who were admitted to the emergency room with penile trauma and underwent early surgical repair were investigated. Four patients had only dorsal vein laceration and twenty-two had corpus cavernosum rupture. Postoperative erectile dysfunction was observed in three patients (the patients were older than 45 years of age, a patients had bilateral corpus cavernosum rupture and two patients had concomitant urethral trauma). Early repair was successful (86.4%) in the remaining 19 patients. The average erection hardness grade and IIEF-ED value were 4.75 and 28.6 before penile fracture; postoperative mean erection hardness grade and IIEF-ED value were found to be 4.2 and 24.9, respectively (p>0.05). Conclusion As a result, in sexual intercourse-induced penile fracture, early repair with degloving approach is effective method in postoperative erectile success in young patients and patients with isolated unilateral fractures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]