Circumcaval ureter with a synchronous ipsilateral transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract and the urinary bladder.
OBJECTIVE
We report a case of concomitant ureteral transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) developed in a circumcaval ureter associated to an invasive bladder cancer.


METHODS
Diagnosis was made by intravenous urography (IVU) and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scanner which showed a typical 'J' shaped deformity in the dilated proximal ureteric segment with moderate right hydronephrosis and pelvic filling defect associated to bladder filling defect due to a bladder tumor. The patient underwent a radical cystoprostatectomy and nephroureterectomy; no recurrence was detected after a 12 months period of follow-up.
Department of Urology, La Rabta Hospital - University.
Sataa
S
Sallami
Sami
S
Ben Rhouma
Monia
M
Tanguour
Sabeur
S
Rebai
Karim
K
Cherif
Nidhameddine
N
Kchir
Yassine
Y
Nouira
Nawfel
N
Benrais
Ali
A
Horchani
D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery