IgG4-related periureteral fibrosis presenting as a unilateral ureteral mass

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 712-714

  Abe, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Morikawa, Teppei ^b   Araki, Akinobu ^c   Shima, Takayuki ^a   Nakatsu, Hiroomi ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^b   Suzuki, Yoshio ^a  

^a ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CHIBA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; IgG4; Inflammatory pseudotumor; Retroperitoneal fibrosis; Ureter

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PSEUDOTUMOR; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; UNILATERAL URETERAL MASS; URETER TUMOR; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PLASMA CELLS; RETROPERITONEAL FIBROSIS; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 82755189445     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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