Neurofibroma of the ureter
J Varela-Duran1, M Urdiales-Viedma, F Taboada-Blanco
1Department of Pathology, University of Santiago Medical School, Spain.
The Journal of Urology
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
We report a case of neurofibroma of the ureter without other clinical signs of von Recklinghausen's neurofibromatosis. The patient presented with flank pain, and excretory urography, retrograde urography and computerized abdominal tomography demonstrated a ureteral mass. The light and electron microscopic characteristics, as well as the histogenesis of ureteral neurofibroma, are discussed.
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