Table 2.

IUP of the ureter (U) previously reported in the English Literature (NS = Not Stated; NA = Not Assessed)

Reference	Age	Sex	Presentation	Site	Gross/Maximum Diameter (cm)	Associated Urothelial Lesions	Treatment	Rrecurrence (Follow-Up)
Geisler et al. (1980) [27]	77	M	Flank pain	Left middle U	Pedunculated/2.5	None	NephroUectomy	NS
Silverstein et al. (1981) [28]	65	M	Asymptomatic	Left middle U	Pedunculated/2.5	None	Partial resection	NS
Silverstein et al. (1981) [28]	68	M	Haematuria	Right middle U	Polypoid/2.5	None	NephroUectomy	NS
Fromowitz et al. (1981) [29]	75	M	Haematuria	Right U, at junction of proximal and middle thirds	Flat, polypoid/1.8	None	NephroUectomy	NS
Fromowitz et al. (1981) [29]	56	M	Asymptomatic	Right distal U	Raised/1.1	Adenocarcinoma of the bladder 7 months later with three recurrences during next 2 ys	NephroUectomy	None (2 ys)
Ajrawat et al. (1982) [30]	86	F	Flank pain	Right distal U	Lobulated mass/1.5	None	Partial resection	NS
Naito et al. (1983) [31]	68	M	Haematuria	Right distal U	Pedunculated/1.5	None	NephroUectomy	None (2 ys)
Jacobellis et al. (1983) [32]	59	F	Haematuria, flank pain	Left lumbar U	Sessile/3	Synchronous conventional papilloma of homolateral lower calix	NephroUectomy	NS
Embon et al. (1984) [33]	69	M	Haematuria	Right distal U	Polypoid/3	None	Partial resection	None (9 months)
Lausten et al. (1984) [11]	60	M	Asymptomatic	Right proximal U	Sessile tumour/ 0.3	Grade 2 non-invasive transitional cell papilloma located above the homolateral Uic orifice 1 and half years earlier	Cranial heminephroUectomy	None (19 months)
Lausten et al. (1984) [11]	71	M	Flank pain (prostatism)	Right proximal U	Pedunculated tumour/ 1	None	Partial U resection	None (18 months)
Perrin et al. (1984) [34]	63	M	Haematuria, renal colic	Left middle U	Polypoid/NS	None	Partial resection	Dead after 2 ys of cirrhosis; no recurrence of Ual lesion
Mottola et al. (1984) [35]	56	M	Haematuria, flank pain	Right lumbar U	NS	None	Partial resection	None (12 months)
Palvio (1985) [36]	50	M	Haematuria	Distal portion of the left U (above the Ual orifice)	Pedunculated tumour/ NS	After 8 ys from the first diagnosis of IUP of the distal U, the patient underwent nephroUectomy for two lesions at the Uopelvic junction and in the distal part of the U (IUP with areas of non-invasive transitional cell carcinoma, grade 2)	TUR	Yes, after 3 ys
Moss et al. (1987) [37]	79	M	Asymptomatic	Right U	NS/1	None	U resection during hemicolectomy	None (3 months)
Corkill et al. (1987) [38]	62	M	Haematuria	Left distal U	Polypoid/0.8	None	Partial resection	None (7ys)
Duchek et al. (1987) [39]	24	M	Haematuria, renal colic	Right middle U	Pedunculated lesion/NS	None	Local resection	None (5 ys)
Abulafi A et al. (1987) [40]	62	M	Haematuria	Right proximal U	Pedunculated lesion/NS	None	Local resection	NS
Villani U et al. (1987) [41]	56	M	Haematuria	Left pelvic U	NS	Synchronous grade 2 papillary transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder	Local resection	None (1y)
Kostakopolulos et al. (1988) [42]	66	M	Haematuria, renal colic	Left U	NS	None	Partial resection	None (6 months)
Garritano et al. (1988) [43]	49	M	Haematuria	Left middle U	Pedunculated lobulated tumour/3	None	Local resection	None (5 ys)
Aubert et al. (1988) [17]	71	M	Haematuria, flank pain	Right lower U	NS	None	Partial resection	None (5 ys)
Page et al. (1991) [44]	56	M	Haematuria	Distal U, bilateral	Multiple sessile lesions/right side lesion: 3 cm; 2 lesions of the left side: 2 cm each)	None	Right side: partial Uectomy; Left side: complete Uectomy	NS
Kunimi et al. (1994) [45]	42	M	Flank pain	Left middle U	Pedunculated polyp/ 2.7	Superficial transitional cell carcinoma grade 2 of the bladder (23 months later)	NephroUectomy	None (20 months after the diagnosis of carcinoma)
de Knijff et al. (1997) [46]	63	M	Urinary frequency and urge	Right distal U	NS/2	Invasive bladder tumour six years later, treated with cystoprostatectomy	Local resection	None
Hoekx et al. (1998) [47]	71	M	Haematuria, flank pain	Left distal U and right distal U	Smooth surface/NS	Synchronous grade 2 transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder (T1N0M0)	Left partial resection and right nephroUectomy	Multiple recurrences of urinary badder carcinoma (duration of follow-up NS)
Lyon et al. (2006) [48]	59	M	Haematuria	Left proximal U	Sessile lesion/2.5	None	Local resection	None (1 y)
Kilciler et al. (2008) [49]	62	M	Haematuria, flank pain	Middle U (side NS)	NS/2	None	NephroUectomy	None (NS)
Mertziotis et al. (2012) [50]	62	M	Haematuria, flank pain	Right upper U	Exophytic lesion/4	None	Nephrouretectomy	None (14 months)
Murtaza et al. (2012) [51]	35	M	Flank pain	Left distal U	Multiple small to large polypoid lesions	None	Local resection	None (6 months)
Lopez-Fontana et al. (2012) [52]	30	M	Haematuria	Right distal U	Polypoid lesion/1.6	None	Partial Uectomy	None (4 months)
Luo et al. (2012) [26]	70	M	Haematuria	Right U	Pedunculated	None	NephroUectomy	None (NS)
Luo et al. (2012) [26]	61	M	Flank Pain	Left U	Pedunculated	Not specified	Partial Uctomy	None (NS)
Luo et al. (2012) [26]	67	M	Asymptomatic	Left U	Multiple lesions/ Pedunculated	None	NephroUectomy	None (NS)
Luo et al. (2012) [26]	67	M	Haematuria	Left U	Multiple lesions/ Pedunculated	None	Local resection	None (NS)
Luo et al. (2012) [26]	73	M	Haematuria	Left U	Pedunculated	Not specified	Partial Uctomy	None (NS)
Luo et al. (2012) [26]	68	M	Haematuria	Left U	Pedunculated	Not specified	Partial Uctomy	None (NS)