URINARY Section 10: Uretereal Masses

Question 1

Answer 1

Transitional Ceil Carcinoma (Urotiielial Carcinoma)

“goble” or “champagne glass” CT IVP

Question 2

What part of the ureter is more likely to have cancer?

Answer 2

Where the urine sits static.

Bladder (100x) > Renal pelvis (2x-3x) > Ureter

If you are getting cancers in the ureter than you probably also have them in the bladder

Question 3

the least common location for TCC o f the urinary tract

Answer 3

Ureter

Question 4

If you have upper tract TCC there is a 40% chance of developing a

Answer 4

bladder TCC

Question 5

Ureteral mass + schistosomiasis

Answer 5

Squamous cell

Question 6

This is a benign entity presents as a filling defect in the renal pelvis or proximal ureter - which mimics a TCC (blood clot or radiolucent stone).

Answer 6

Fibroepitlielial Polyp

The diagnosis is typically made post nephrectomy - since the assumption is nearly always TCC.

Question 7

renal pelvis filling defects should always be assumed to be

Answer 7

Clot
Calcium
Cancer

Question 8

Younger (30-40)
Smooth / Oblong
Mobile

Answer 8

Polyp

Question 9

Older (60-70)
Irregular
Fixed

Answer 9

TCC