[Unusual case of inverted papilloma in a fibro-epithelial polyp of the ureter].
Inverted papilloma of the upper urinary tract is a rare lesion and the differential diagnosis with transitional cell carcinoma is really hard. A case of 49 year-old male with recurrent right flank pain is reported. Excretory urogram suggested a filling defect involving the right mid ureter and bilateral retrograde pyelogram that confirmed a solitary filling defect in the right mid-ureter, while selective urinary cytology was positive for transitional cell carcinoma G1. Conservative therapy was carried out and 2 years follow-up with several excretory urograms and ultrasound studies revealed no recurrence.
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Divisione di Urologia, Azienda Ospedaliera, Parma, Italy. inca67@hotmail.com
Barbieri
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Monica
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Frattini
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Ferri
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Cortellini
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018308:Papilloma, Inverted / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*