title: Renal pelvic and ureteral carcinoma with huge hydronephrosis: US, CT, and MR findings.
abstract: A 78-year-old man presented huge hydronephrosis with a calculus in the left kidney, and underwent left nephroureterectomy under the diagnosis of renal pelvic and ureteral tumor. Histological examination disclosed renal pelvic and ureteral tumors featuring mixed histologic types of carcinoma. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was superior to computed tomography (CT) in its complete, detailed demonstration of the renal pelvic lesions. The imaging characteristics of CT, MR imaging, ultrasonography, and retrograde ureterography were discussed in the report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanematsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamawaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014513:Ureter / Q000473:pathology; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014567:Urography