Specimen exhibiting Stricture of Ureter

Schistosomal stricture of the ureter-diagnostic dilemma.

Chronic schistosomiasis of the urinary tract can present with symptoms unrelated to the disease. A 33-year-old man from Edo State Nigeria presented with recurrent left flank pain. Laboratory investigations did not reveal any cause. Radiological investigation revealed a stricture of the left ureter and hydronephrosis of the left kidney. Management included surgical excision and antischistosomias...

PRIMARY LEIOMYOSARCOMA OF THE URETER

Since 1943, fourteen cases of primary leiomyosarcoma of the ureter have been reported in English literature. The fifteenth case is presented here with a brief review of the significant aspects of the previous reports.

Constriction of the Ureter

ing was present. The last menstrual period had started 14 days previously. There was no history of nocturia, dysuria, frequency or backache. Irregular acquired dysmenorrhcea had been noted in the past. A similar attack had occurred two months previously on a train trip from Calcutta and lasted a few days. The patient had shortly afterwards a routine annual physical examination by another physic...

Mega-ureter.

Meatal Stricture Following Neonatal Circumcision

Introduction  Circumcision is the most widely practised surgical procedure in the world. One sixth of the male popuiation have a ritual circumcision. The procedure was formerly exclusively per­formed by lay practitioners, jewish rabbis and barbers with physicians playing no role in the performance and it was a purely religious rite up to the late 19th Century.  Abraham apparently first advoca...