Conserving nephrons in cholesteatoma.
A case of cholesteatoma, clearly delineated by preoperative air contrast retrograde pyelography, was treated like stone disease by removal of the obstructing material from the renal pelvis and pelvic ureter. A 7-year followup suggests that conservative surgical management may be the preferred treatment, since there is no evidence to date that cholesteatoma is a pre-malignant lesion nor necessarily a recurrent condition.
D000328:Adult; D002781:Cholesteatoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*