Correlation between filling defect patterns on urography and pathologic staging of ureteral transitional cell carcinomas.

摘要: Although a filling defect within the ureter is most common finding with ureteral transitional cell carcinomas (TCCs), little known about correlation between patterns and pathologic findings. This study was conducted to address this. Between January 1995 2003, 126 pathologically confirmed TCCs of were included in our study. We classified urographic defects into four patterns: ovoid, polypoid, infiltrating, plaque-like. The different findings assessed using Pearson's Chi-squared logistic regression methods. There 28 (22%) ovoid defects, 42 (33%) polypoid 37 (29%) infiltrating 19 (15%) plaque-like defects. Infiltrating significantly associated more advanced disease compared (odds ratio, 6.75; 95% confidence interval, 3.04-14.98; p