Frequency and etiology of unexplained bilateral hydronephrosis in patients with breast cancer: Results of a longitudinal CT study

Ari J. Kane; Zhen J. Wang; Aliya Qayyum; Benjamin M. Yeh; Emily M. Webb; Fergus V. Coakley

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2011.10.001

Frequency and etiology of unexplained bilateral hydronephrosis in patients with breast cancer: Results of a longitudinal CT study

Ari J. Kane, Zhen J. Wang, Aliya Qayyum, Benjamin M. Yeh, Emily M. Webb, Fergus V. Coakley

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Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed the records of 153 patients with breast cancer undergoing serial abdominal computed tomography (CT). During a median follow-up of 40 months, 2 (1.4%) of 153 patients developed bilateral hydronephrosis in the absence of radiologically visible obstructing pathology. Surgery confirmed malignant infiltration of the ureters by metastatic lobular carcinoma in both patients, suggesting that new unexplained bilateral hydronephrosis on serial CT in patients with breast cancer is likely to reflect infiltrative retroperitoneal involvement of the ureters by metastatic lobular carcinoma.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	263-266
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	36
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2011.10.001
State	Published - Jul 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Breast carcinoma
CT
Hydronephrosis
Metastasis
Ureter

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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