Aberrant renal papilla: a diagnostic dilemma.
Filling defects of the renal pelvis not uncommonly present a difficult diagnostic challenge to the urologist and the radiologist. The precise etiology of the radiographic picture is not always evident, even after a battery of clinical tests. A pathologically proved case of an aberrant renal papilla is reported herein, and the significant differential diagnostic possibilities are considered and reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003558:Cystoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D007679:Kidney Medulla; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014567:Urography