title: CT demonstration of a rapidly growing transitional cell carcinoma of the ureter and renal pelvis.
abstract: Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is the most common urothelial malignancy. We present a case of an exceptionally aggressive TCC involving the renal pelvis and ureter. To our knowledge, an upper tract TCC of such rapid growth has not been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 1 Deaconess Road, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pantanowitz
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Vrachliotis
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Rabkin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology