Korean J Urol.
1980 Oct;21(5):413-417.
Tumors of the Renal Pelvis
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- 1Department of Urology, Mount sinai School of medicine, the city of university of New York, New York, USA.
Abstract
- Thirty-three cases of transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis which were managed during the period 1965-1975 were reviewed retrospectively. The predominant symptom was hematuria(82%). The most common findings on IVP was a filling defect(66%). A retrograde pyelography was useful when an IVP failed to visualize. Urinary cytology and renal arteriography had limited value. Fourteen of 18 patients with stage I disease survived 5 years(77.8%), while all 7 patients with stage IV disease were dead, with a mean survival of 10.6 months. In 12 of the 33 patients(36.3%) additional urothelial tumors developed elsewhere along the urinary tract. Nephroureterectomy including a cuff of bladder continues to be the treatment of choice.
