Fibroepithelial ureteral polyps presenting as ureteropelvic obstruction
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Ureteral fibroepithelial polyp associated with ureteropelvic junction obstruction in a child.
Ureteral fibroepithelial polyp is an unusual benign tumor of a mesodermal origin. It is very rare in infants and children, and the majority of them, excluding ones secondary to chronic irritation, were presented as a single disease without associated lesion. We report a case of multiple ureteral fibroepithelial polyps associated with ureteropelvic junction obstruction in a 5 year-old boy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204565