title: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma presenting with ureteric metastases. Case report and review of literature.
abstract: We report a patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma presenting with ureteric metastases. A low index of suspicion led to incomplete radiographic evaluation, and the etiology could not be established prior to laparotomy. The differential diagnosis of ureteric strictures is reviewed, with a view to providing a simple diagnostic flow chart that should prove satisfactory in all but the most exceptional cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Baijal
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods