Combined diagnostic imaging of transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract.
The case of a female patient with recurrent macroscopic hematuria and negative vesical and renal ultrasonography, is discussed. On urography a gross pyelocaliceal filling defect was visualized. Urographic findings were suggestive of the diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary. CT was performed to confirm the diagnosis and stage the tumor: it showed the presence of an advanced lesion. At histology the diagnosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract was confirmed.
Galanti
Bertina
B
Istituto di Radiologia, Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Roma, Italy.
Martina
Francesca Maria
FM
Canadè
Adolfo
A
Costantini
Alessandro Maria
AM
Valentini
Anna Lia
AL
Mancini
Anna Paola
AP
D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006417:Hematuria / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014567:Urography