Table 2.
Patient | Cystoscopy | RGP | Ureteroscopy | Endoscopic Biopsy | Washed Urine Cytology | Final Pathology |
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1 | Normal | Filling defect | UC grade II | Polypoid ureteritis and ureteral stone | ||
2 | Normal | Filling defect | Negative | Inflammatory pseudotumor | ||
3 | Normal | Stricture of the midureter | Atypical cells, possibly reactive | Atypical urothelial hyperplasia and ureteral stone | ||
4 | Pseudopolyp in the bladder neck | Filling defect | Negative | Fibroepithelial polyp | ||
5 | Normal | Filling defect | Negative | Inflammatory pseudotumor | ||
6 | Normal | Complete obstruction in the distal ureter | Failed to advance ureteroscope because of total obstruction | A few atypical cells with mainly fibrous tissue | Negative | Mucosal and submucosal hemorrhage with transmural congestion in the ureter |
7 | Bullous change of the right ureteral orifice | Failed because of bullous change of the ureteral orifice | Failed to advance ureteroscope because of total obstruction | Failed to obtain the biopsy specimen | Tuberculosis |
RGP, retrograde ureteropyelography; UC, urothelial carcinoma.