Circumcaval ureter with a synchronous ipsilateral transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract and the urinary bladder

Tunis Med. 2010 May;88(5):357-9.

Abstract

Aim: We report a case of concomitant ureteral transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) developed in a circumcaval ureter associated to an invasive bladder cancer.

Case: 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / diagnosis*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Ureter / abnormalities*
  • Ureter / diagnostic imaging
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Ureteral Neoplasms / surgery
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / surgery