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Query: UMLS:C0403608 (ureter)
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A bifid blind-ending ureter is an extremely rare congenital anomaly of the upper urinary tract. This unusual ureteric condition appears to be more common in female subjects. Such patients may be asymptomatic or present with recurrent urinary tract infections, frequency, nycturia, abdominal pain or calculi. Asymptomatic patients without urinary tract infection require no treatment. When symptoms or infection are present, the treatment is surgical excision of the blind branch with antireflux reimplantation of the normal ureter. If hydronephrosis, pyonephrosis or renal damage is present, nephroureterectomy may be required.
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PMID:The blind-ending bifid ureter. 803 25

A 61-year-old man presented complaining of pollakisuria and nocturia. A plain radiograph of his kidney, ureter and bladder and intravenous urography revealed numerous calculi in the upper kidney of his left renal pelvis and ureterocele. A transurethral incision of ureterocele (TUI-ureterocele) and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy were performed. On TUI-ureterocele, the many calculi were found to be almost the same size and spherical in form. The postoperative clinical course was uneventful.
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PMID:Development of multiple calculi in the duplex system ureterocele. 1708 1

Xanthogranulomatous cystitis is a rare, benign, chronic inflammatory disease of the bladder, mimicking malignancy with unknown etiology. Herein, we report a 57-year-old man who presented with pollakiuria, nocturia, dysuria, left flank pain, and a palpable mass on the right lower abdomen. Computerized tomography demonstrated an obstructing 10-mm stone in the lower third of the left ureter and a 6-cm solid mass on the right at the anterolateral wall of the bladder. The mass presented local perivesical invasion at the anterolateral side. Cystouretroscopy revealed a mass protruding into the bladder cavity with edematous smooth surface. Frozen section analysis of the partial cystectomy specimen could not rule out malignancy. Therefore, radical cystoprostatectomy and ureterolithotomy were performed. Histologically, fibrosis, numerous plasma cells, eosinophils, and, immunohistochemically, CD68-positive epithelioid and foamy macrophages were detected. Localized prostatic adenocarcinoma was also found. The present case of xanthogranulomatous cystitis is the 23rd to be reported in the world literature.
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PMID:Xanthogranulomatous cystitis: a challenging imitator of bladder cancer. 2060 75