Inverted transitional cell carcinoma of the ureter.
An inverted urothelial tumor (transitional cell carcinoma, inverted type, grade 1), consisting of a large (3.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm) tumor with stalk (0.3 cm in diameter) and surrounding broad base polypoid foci (0.5 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm altogether), was found in the lower segment of the left ureter of a 59-year-old man. He has taken oral anticancer drugs and kanpo medicine as a follow-up for 61 months, and is now free of disease. Differential diagnosis, inverted urothelial papilloma and carcinoma, and adequate treatment are discussed.
Kawachi
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Department of Urology Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Japan.
Ishi
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D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D014513:Ureter / Q000601:surgery; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy