title: [Synchronous bilateral urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Report a case of a synchronous bilateral urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract without bladder affectation.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the diagnosis and treatment of a case of a bilateral upper urothelial carcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Synchronous bilateral urithelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract without bladder affectation in an unusual occurance (1-5% of urothelial tumors) and radical surgery continues to be the treatment of choice, although it is possible to take a less aggressive approuch with selected groups of patient, in which we can achiese a survival rate similar to that which we obtain with radical surgery.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra y Servicio de Urología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz-UTE, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bravo Fernández
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: García Cardoso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pérez Ortiz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González Enguita
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vela Navarrete
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery