[Ureter disorders, patho-anatomical findings with special regard to secondary disorders (author's transl)]

Ureter disorders are described with special regard to secondary diseases and maintenance of renal function. The importance of increasing incidence of ureter tumors, metastases to the ureter and retroperitoneal tumors, the interaction of ureterolithiasis and ureteritis, special forms of ureteritis such as ureteritis follicularis and ureteritis cystica, retroperitoneal fibrosis and specific inflammatory diseases, diseases of large and small bowel spreading to ureters, ureter disorders caused by aortic aneurysm, pregnancy and rare lesions such as the ovary-vein-syndrome are emphasized.