International Brazilian Journal of Urology (Apr 2014)

Urothelial carcinoma in a pyelocaliceal diverticulum discovered by magnetic resonance urography

  • Jun Akatsuka,
  • Yasutomo Suzuki,
  • Tsutomu Hamasaki,
  • Go Kimura,
  • Yukihiro Kondo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2014.02.19
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 2
pp. 274 – 276

Abstract

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Neither computed tomography (CT) nor intravenous pyelography (IVP) alone can diagnose tumors of renal pelvic diverticula, but magnetic resonance urography (MRU) can obtain accurate preoperative information.