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Infiltrující karcinom ureteru imitující direkci aneurysmatu břišní aorty

Title in English Infiltrating ureteric carcinoma imitating the dissection of the abdominal aortic aneurysm
Authors

AMBROŠOVÁ Petronela WEBER Pavel KALA Zdeněk BOHATÁ Šárka

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Geriatria
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Other specializations of internal medicine
Keywords ureter carcinma clinical picture diagnostics differential diagnostics dissecting aneurysm of abdominal aorta
Description In a case history the authors report about a 79-year old patient with uroepithelial carcinoma of the right ureter imitating the dissection of the abdominal aorta. The clinical picture was dominated by digestive system problems - abdominal pain and vomitus. In the lumbar area there neither pain nor hematuria which are typical signs of the uropoietic system tumours. CT of the abdomen showed a large aneurysma of the abdominal aorta with the correspondin abnormal formation having the density of a hematoma. The case was evaůiated as susúecte dissection of the aortic aneurysm. This formation passed through the right ureter which depressed and dilate over this formation.

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