TITLE:
Primary Tumors of the Upper Urinary Tract: Report of 4 Cases
AUTHORS:
Lamine Niang, Charles Kouka, Yoro Diallo, Médina Ndoye, Racine Kane, Mohamed Jalloh, Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Issa Labou, Jeanne Diaw, Sérigne M. Gueye
KEYWORDS:
Upper Urinary Tract, Primary Tumors, Nephro-Ureterectomy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Urology,
Vol.4 No.9,
September
24,
2014
ABSTRACT: Primary tumors of
the upper urinary tract are rarely reported in the literature. We thus report
here four cases of primary tumors of the upper urinary tract that were
difficult to diagnose, in three women and one man. Preoperative diagnosis was
established in only two cases requiring a nephro-ureterectomy. The other two
cases were surprisingly diagnosed during anatomopatho- logical examination. Preoperative
diagnosis was a pyonephrosis in one case and a renal failure resulting from
stenosis of the pelvic ureter in the other. Despite modern methods, primary
tumors of the upper urinary tract remain difficult to diagnose.