title: [A case report of retrocaval ureter associated with right ureteral tumors].
abstract: A case of retrocaval ureter associated with right ureteral tumor in a 70-year-old male is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by CT and RP. Retroperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy was performed. The histology of the tumor was urethelial carcinoma. After 20 months, there was neither evidence of recurrence nor metastasis. To our knowledge, this is the 11th case of retrocaval ureter associated with upper urinary tract tumors.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Norihiko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takao
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagahara
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuhara
authors.forename: Iwao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: Naotsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ichimaru
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyagawa
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsujimura
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okuyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014516:Ureteral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior