Pyeloureteritis cystica

Spina bifida cystica.

Studies in Spina Bifida Cystica

Nicolai Tulp, the physician whose features are immortalized in Rembrandt's painting 'The School of Anatomy', first suggested the name 'spina bifida' (Tulpius, 1652), though the condition was known to Hippocrates, and the mediaeval Arab physicians are said (Denuce, 1906) to have specifically recognized the absence of the spinous processes in the affected area. Ruysch (1691) distinguished between...

Mastopathia Cystica and Mammary Carcinoma

The relationship of cystic disease of the breast, mastopathia cystica, to carcinoma is, and has always been, a subject of controversy. In 19o6, when Bloodgood (2) considered senile parenchylnatous hypertrophy, he and many other authors thought that this condition was a precancerous lesion and that the probability of cancer being associated with it was as high as 5o per cent. However, in 1921 (3...

Cystic Pyeloureteritis: An Uncommon Cause of PUJ Obstruction and Hydronephrosis

Introduction ystic ureteritis or cystic pyeloureteritis (CPU) is an unusual benign disease, consisting of the appearance of suburothelial cysts filled with amorphous gelatinous substances that raise the mucosa layer of the urothelium. 1 Most probably a chronic inflammatory process is involved in its pathogenesis. Histopathological examination of pyeloureteritis cystica and cystitis cystica reve...

An unusual case of obstructive uropathy: Cystitis cystica with ureteritis cystica

A 45-year-old man presented with loin pain and burning micturation. He had a positive Bilharzial titre and impaired renal function. Ultrasonography (USG) revealed right hydroureteronephrosis and a thickened bladder wall with areas of calcification. A diuretic 99mTc – DTPA scan (technetium-99m diethylene triamine penta acetic acid) showed features of obstruction in both the kidneys. Cystoscopy s...