Idiopathic segmental ureteritis, misdiagnosed as ureteral cancer preoperatively: A case report with literature review

Pathology International

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 779-783

  Joo, Mee ^a   Chang, Sun Hee ^a   Kim, Hanseong ^a   Lee, Keon Cheol ^a   Ro, Jae Yun ^b  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

IgG4; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Segmental ureteritis; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLANK PAIN; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IDIOPATHIC SEGMENTAL URETERITIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PHLEBITIS; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; URETER CARCINOMA; URETER DISEASE; URETER FIBROSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL DISEASES; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 78649508779     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2010.02598.x     Document Type: Article

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